Mount Sikaram (Pashto, Dari, ) is a mountain on the AfghanistanâÂÂPakistan border, south of the Kabul River and Khyber Pass. At , it is the highest peak of the Spën Ghar, or SafÃÂd Kà Âh, mountain range.
Mount Sikaram is located north of the village of Peshawar in the Kurram District of PakistanâÂÂs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Its parent range, Spën Ghar, connects directly with the Shandà «r offshoot of the Hindu Kush mountain system. Atop the range, temperatures can fall below at any time of the year.
A small valley on the slope of Mount Sikaram encompasses a number of villages, settlements, and tribal regionsâÂÂmany of them historically significantâÂÂincluding Peiwar, Alizai, Tari Mangal, Narai, Speena Shaga, and Khewas. The Gawi Pass, also known as the Peiwar Kotal Pass, runs between the Kurram Valley and Afghanistan's Aryub Valley; it connects the Paktia Province of Afghanistan with the Kurram District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the former FATA region of Pakistan.