| Shahgai | |
| Pushpin Map: | FATA#Pakistan |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Coordinates: | 34.0172°N 71.28°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Khyber Agency |
| Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil |
| Subdivision Name3: | Jamrud |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 2,744 |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Shahgai is a region in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas. It was merged into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018.[2]
A fortress was built by British forces in 1927 to oversee the Khyber Pass and house the Khyber Rifles. It still stands today and is used by the Pakistan Army.[3]
Between 2002 and 2003, Canadian Ahmed Khadr was asked to organise militants operating near the border of Shahgai, and he subsequently asked his son Abdullah and Hamza al-Jowfi to help him procure weapons.[4] He clashed with Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi, arguing that guerrilla tactics would prove more useful than frontline battle.[5]
Pakistani forces shelled the village in September 2008.[6]