Torkham is a Pakistani town in Khyber District, that is the location of the Torkham Border Crossing with Afghanistan just to the west of the historic Khyber Pass.
Torkham lies at the end of the N-5 National Highway. It is connected to city of Peshawar in the east. Transported goods arrive to Torkham from the port city of Karachi in Sindh province. Torkham is 5 kilometres west of the summit of the Khyber Pass. It lies on the most important supply route for US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan.
