Khyber Pass Copies patterned after the Lee-Enfield are still manufactured in the Khyber Pass region, as bolt-action rifles remain effective weapons in desert and mountain environments where long-range accuracy is more important than rate of fire. Lee-Enfield rifles are still popular in the region, despite the presence and ready availability of more modern weapons such as the SKS-45, the AKM, the Chinese Type 56 assault rifle, and the AK-74. s of 2012[ [update]], Lee-Enfield rifles are still being used by the Taliban insurgents against NATO/Allied forces in Afghanistan.