The Khyber Pass is one hour away and can be visited by taking a taxi. It is in the tribal area and easy-to-get permissions from the NWFP gov't office or through your hotel or tour guide are needed for foreigners to enter this area. A taxi to bring you there and back to Peshawar shouldn't set you back more than US$20. See Bab-e-Khyber Khyber Gate, Jamrud Fort, Shagai Fort, Ali Masjid Fort. Due to Pakistan's security situation it is currently impossible to visit the Khyber Pass. Taliban and local warlords are currently fighting running battles with the Pakistani army in Khbyer Agency, part of tribal area. Main part of the conflict is about the control of the road between Peshawar and the Khyber Pass entry into Afghanistan. This road is being used by truckdrivers to supply Nato troops in nearby Afghanistan. Taliban regularly attacks these Nato convoys whereby trucks are burned and truckdrivers are punished or killed. For now, stay away from Khyber Agency. Beware, tribal area starts already in the western outskirts of Peshawar.
The Hayatabad, is a modern and first planned suburb at south-western fringe of Peshawar the capital of the North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan.
