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North (purple) and South (blue) Waziristan and surrounding Federally Administered Tribal Areas and provinces. Waziristan lies between the Kurram River and the Gomal River.It borders the Kurram Agency in the north, Bannu in the northeast, Tank in the east, Dera Ismail Khan in the southeast, Sherani and Musakhel districts of Balochistan in the south and Khost, Paktia, and Paktika provinces of ...
North Waziristan District (Pashto: شمالي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع شمالی وزیرستان) is a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. [3] [4] [5] It is the northern part of Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering 4,707 square kilometres (1,817 sq mi ...
South Waziristan District (Urdu: ضلع جنوبی وزیرستان) was a district in the Dera Ismail Khan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, before splitting into the Lower South Waziristan District and the Upper South Waziristan District on 13 April 2022. [4] [5] It covers around 11,585 km 2 (4,473 mi 2). Waziristan is ...
Makeen (Pashto: مکین) or Makin (ماکین) is a city in the South Waziristan region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is located on the boundary of the North Waziristan district. On its west, it shares a border of 40 Km (25 mi) with Afghanistan's Barmal District and Paktika.
The compound was known as Waziristan Haveli (Urdu: وزیرستان حویلی) by the local residents. The compound's casual name referred to Waziristan, a region in Pakistan, and a haveli, which means "mansion". [1] It was owned by a transporter from Waziristan; bin Laden previously spent time in the Waziristan area of Pakistan. [18]
North Waziristan is a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, who are also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. It is a separate group but a close ally of the Afghan Taliban, who seized power ...
Upper South Waziristan District (Urdu: ضلع بالائی جنوبی وزیرستان; Pashto: پورتنۍ جنوبي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ) is a district located in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The Upper South Waziristan District was established on 13 April 2022 when the South Waziristan District was bifurcated into ...
The Pakistan military will help reconstruct infrastructure in tribal areas of North and South Waziristan. The Pakistan military will not tolerate any assistance to intruders in North Waziristan, and will monitor actions in the region. The Pakistan government is to compensate tribal leaders for the loss of life and property of innocent tribesmen.