The Kohat Tunnel is a 1.9 kilometres long road tunnel located in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan between Kohat and Peshawar on 1264 kilometer long highway N55 (also called the Indus Highway). It is also known as the Pak-Japan Friendship Tunnel as it is constructed with Japanese assistance. Construction started in 1999, and opened for traffic in June 2003. It is Pakistan’s longest road tunnel and the second longest tunnel in the country over all. The tunnel was at the centre of a military confrontation between the Pakistan Army and pro-Taliban militants in early 2008. The militants had taken control of the tunnel around 24 January, after hijacking trucks carrying supplies and ammunition for security forces in South Waziristan. On 27 January, Pakistan Army claimed to have brought the tunnel back under control of the security forces, after "fierce fighting" involving artillery, helicopter gunships and heavy machine guns during which 24 militants were reported to have been killed.
Image of Kohat Tunnel
Top view of Kohat Tunnel
Inside image of Kohat Tunnel
Trucks coming out of Kohat Tunnel
Military personnel out side the Kohat Tunnel
A truck is coming out of Kohat Tunnel
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