Mountainous region in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Waziristan (Pashto, Urdu: وزیرستان, lit.'land of the Mehsud, The Wolves, & Wazir') is a mountainous region covering the North Waziristan and South Waziristan districts of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[1][2] Waziristan covers around 11,585 square kilometres (4,500 sq mi) and is mainly populated by the Mehsud, The Wolves, & Wazir Pashtun tribe,[3] who speak the Waziri dialect of the Pashto language.
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Waziristan (Pashto, Urdu: وزیرستان, lit. 'land of the Mehsud, The Wolves, & Wazir') is a mountainous region covering the North Waziristan and South Waziristan...
Pakistan Army's search for al-Qaeda fighters in Pakistan's mountainous Waziristan area (in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas) escalated into armed...
North Waziristan District (Pashto: شمالي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع شمالی وزیرستان) is a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is the...
Lower South Waziristan District and the Upper South Waziristan District on 13 April 2022. It covers around 11,585 km2 (4,473 mi2). Waziristan is located...
Misbahuddin won the 2024 Pakistani general election from NA-40 North Waziristan as a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) candidate. He received 42,994 votes, while...
India, Tochi Agency had been renamed "North Waziristan Agency", Wana Agency had been renamed "South Waziristan Agency", and two tehsils of Peshawar District...
were injured in a attack in North Waziristan. 13 February - Eight people were injured in blast in North Waziristan. 17 February – 2023 Karachi police...
The Waziristan Accord (or North Waziristan Accord) was an agreement between the government of Pakistan and tribals resident in the Waziristan area to...
tribal agency. Soon they were in Shawal valley of North Waziristan, and later in South Waziristan. ... This was made possible after long negotiations with...
Taliban had taken control. Troops entered the region, into South Waziristan and North Waziristan, eight more times between 2004 and 2006, and faced further...
2006. Retrieved 19 October 2008. "Troops make gains in Swat and South Waziristan". Dawn. 21 June 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved...
19 August 2023, a terrorist attack in the Gulmir Kot vicinity of North Waziristan, Pakistan, resulted in the death of 11 workers and caused injuries to...
won the 2024 Pakistani general election from NA-42 South Waziristan Upper-cum-South Waziristan Lower as an independent candidate. He received 20,022 votes...
2023, a security checkpoint was attacked by a suicide bomber in North Waziristan, Pakistan. Four people were killed in the attack, and numerous others...
Mahsud or Maseed is a Karlani Pashtun tribe inhabiting mostly the South Waziristan Agency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The Maseeds usually...
It borders North Waziristan to the northwest, Karak to the northeast, Lakki Marwat and Bettani to the southeast, and South Waziristan to the southwest...
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