ROAD TO KHYBER PASS BEARS THE GRAVES OF ITS WOULD-BE CONQUERORS.(News)

From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: October 4, 2001 | Copyright information

Byline: SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN St. Petersburg Times

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Here, near the mouth of the Khyber Pass, lies a haunting reminder of the West's attempts to control Afghanistan.

It's called Gurakabrastan - the cemetery of the "white skins" - and it's the final resting place of those who tried to extend the British Empire to a land that in 2,500 years has never bowed to a conqueror.

Just yards from a major highway, surrounded by a high bric...

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