Located at the rim of the Potohar Plateau and overlooking the Kabul-Indus River confluence to the north, Attock is the historic gateway to the Central Asia.
Attock fort or Attock Qila, situated just 80 kilometers away from the Islamabad dates back to 500 years when Khawaja Shams ud din Khawafi supervised it. Located in the centre of Peshawar and Islamabad, the city of Attock is near to the Afghanistan’s border.
The history of Attock fort reveals that it was build to defend the Mughal Empire against the Afghan warriors. It was during the reign of Akbar Mughal who established a base here to set up a colony of river men and to protect the river course. During the dry season, Mughals crossed the river over a bridge of boats, which the British later anchored to piers on either side. Not long after this British engineers unsuccessfully attempted to bore a tunnel under the river. After this failed, they built a road and rail bridge in 1883 that served until the end of the 1970s when a new bridge was finished near the fort that saves precious minutes on the journey to Peshawar.
While arrival from Islamabad, Attock fort is on the side of the old GT Road. Attock is connected with Hassanabdal, Burhan and Jand by local and national trains. It takes 30 minutes from Hassanabdal to reach Attock Fort.