Gomal Pass

{{Short description|Mountain pass}}

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{{Infobox mountain pass

| name = Gomal Pass

| other_name = Gumal Pass{{cite web|title=Gumal Pass, Pakistan|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Gumal-Pass|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|accessdate=28 March 2017|language=en}}

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| location = Afghanistan–Pakistan border

| range = Hindu Kush

| coordinates = {{coord|31.9167|N|69.3167|E|display=inline,title|type:pass}}

| map = Afghanistan#Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#FATA#Pakistan

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| map_caption = Location of Gomal Pass

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Gomal Pass ({{langx|ps|ګومل}}) is a mountain pass on the Durand Line border between Afghanistan and the southeastern portion of South Waziristan in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas. It takes its name from the Gomal River{{cite book|last1=Wynbrandt|first1=James|title=A Brief History of Pakistan|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=9780816061846|page=6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xQGwgJnCPZgC&pg=PA6&dq=Gomal+Pass|accessdate=28 March 2017|language=en}} and is midway between the legendary Khyber Pass and the Bolan Pass. It connects Ghazni in Afghanistan with Tank and Dera Ismail Khan in Pakistan. Gomal Pass, for a long time, has been a trading route for nomadic Powindahs.{{Cite web|title=Gumal Pass {{!}} pass, Pakistan|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Gumal-Pass|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2020-05-10}}

Two Pakistani rivers of Shna Pasta and Shore Mānda as well as  Mandz Rāghah Kowri stream  in Afghanistan flow close to Gomal Pass.{{Cite web|title=The Gomal Pass|url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/mountains/passes/the-gomal-pass.html|website=www.mapsofindia.com|access-date=2020-05-10}}