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Jamrud

Small town and fort in Pakistan, lying 18 km/11 mi to the west of Peshawar at the entrance of the Khyber Pass. Built in 1823 by the Sikhs, it played an important part in 1878–79 in the war with Afghanistan. A railway line through the Khyber from Jamrud to the frontier of Afghanistan was opened in 1925.

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Khyber Pass			On the way from Batikot district to Peshawar city of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan on August 24, unknown gunmen men in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency intercepted the passenger vehicle Hashimzada was traveling in and shot him dead. Journalists protest Hashimzada's killing by Pajhwok Afghan News (Kabul, Afghanistan) Peshawar bureau chief for Afghanistan's Shamshad Television, Janullah Hashimzada, was shot dead in the Khyber Pass, near the town of Jamrud in Khyber Agency. South Asia Media Commission condemns TV journalists' killing in Pak by Asian News International PESHAWAR, August 25, 2009 (Balochistan Times): The NWFP Governor, Owais Ahmed Ghani has strongly condemned the killing of Afghan journalist, Janullah Hashimzada at Jamrud in Khyber Agency and said that the murderers would not be spared and brought to justice. NWFP Governor strongly condemns killing of Afghan journalist by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan)			James, Edwin Leland James, Elmore James, Harry James, Henry James, Henry, Sr James, Jesse Woodson James, LeBron Raymone James, M R James, P D James, Philip James, Preston James, Sid James, St James, William Jameson, Anna Brownell Jameson, Leander Starr Jameson, Storm Jamestown Jami Jamison, Judith Jammeh, Yahya Alphonse Jamus Jebulai Jammes, Francis Jammu Jammu and Kashmir Jamnagar Jamrud Jamshedpur Jämtland Jan Mayen Janácek, Leoš Janam Sakhis janapada Janata Janata Dal Janauschek, Francesca Romana Maddalena Jancsó, Miklós Jane Eyre Janequin, Clément Janesville Janet, Pierre Marie Félix Janeway, Edward Gamaliel Janeway, Theodore Caldwell Janigro, Antonio Janin, Jules-Gabriel Janis, Sidney janissary Janku, Hana Janmashtami Janmastami Jannacom, Giuseppe Jannequin, Clément			Jamnagar Jamnagar Jamnagar Jamnagar, India Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies Jamnia Jamnitzer, Wenzel Jamo Jamo Jamo JÄMO JAMOT JAMP JAMPAC jampack jampack jampan JAMPEG JAMPO Jampol, Schleicher, Jacobs & Papadakis, LLP jampot JAMPPI JAMPS Jampui Sakhan Baptist Association JAMRI JAMRIS Jamrock Jamrock Jamrock JAMRS Jamrud jams jams jams jams jams jams jams on the brakes jams on the brakes jams on the brakes jams on the brakes Jamsa Jamshed Navaroz Jamshed Navroz Jamshedpur Jamshedpur Jamshedpur Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee Jamshedpur Utility and Services Company Jamshid Jamshid Jamshid Jamshid (legendary king) Jamshidi biopsy needle Jamshoro Joint Venture Ltd JAMsj JAMSS Jämställdhetsombudsmannen JAMSTAR JAMSTEC JAMSTEC Compact Arctic Drifter

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