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Pakistan's Darra Adam Khel is world's largest illegal arms market

Peshawar:  The city of Darra Adam Khel is situated in Khyber Regency, south of the city of Peshawar and close to both the infamous Khyber Pass and the Afghan border.  A survey says, nearly seventy-five



The gun-making skills are passed down from generation to generation, treated like any craftsman's trade here. A Darra gunsmith, given a rifle he hasn't seen before, can duplicate it in around ten days.

Once the first copy is made, each additional copy takes two or three days due to the templates created. Here one can get the replicas from Nazi World War Two  pistols to modern anti-aircraft guns.

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