[adventure holiday] why not try darra

Photo courtesy of Bjorn

Darra Adam Kheil is no ordinary town, close by the Kohat mountain range in the lawless tribal belt of north western Pakistan. Filled with hashish bars, the town of 15,000 is the headquarters of the region's illegal firearms market. Here, small, storefront operations churn out knockoff versions of weapons at cut-rate prices, providing a key source of hardware for the Taliban, most of whom are Pashtun and native to the region and who were once completely dependent on Darra for their weaponry. The US poured weapons into Pakistan during the Afghan war to arm the mujahedeen and stave off the Russians [remember James Bond: The Living Daylights] and overnight, a home grown arms market sprang up, which is now being used, in turn. on the US and NATO. A real Indiana Jones town for your next adventure holiday.