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 Waziristan

North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan, on the Afghanistan border. An extremely arid and mountainous region, it is divided into N Waziristan, inhabited by farming Wazir tribes, and S Waziristan, populated by seminomad Mahsuds. The two tribes, both of Pathan descent, have constant blood feuds and supplement their meager incomes by brigandage. They live in fortresslike mountain villages. A major source of income derives from the smuggling and processing of illicit drugs. Fertile valleys in parts of N Waziristan support wheat, corn, barley, and millet; livestock are also raised. In S Waziristan the hills are used for grazing, and forests on the higher slopes provide timber.



Waziristan (Pashto: "land of the Wazir") is a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering some 11,585 km² (4,473 mi²). It is part of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, considered to be outside the country's four provinces.


Waziristan comprises the area west and southwest of Peshawar between the Tochi River to the north and the Gomal River to the south. The North-West Frontier Province lies immediately to the east. The region was an independent tribal territory until 1893, remaining outside British-ruled empire and Afghanistan. Tribal raiding into British-ruled territory was a constant problem for the British,[1] eliciting frequent punitive expeditions between 1860 and 1945. The region became part of Pakistan in 1947.


For administrative purposes, Waziristan is divided into two "agencies", North Waziristan and South Waziristan, with estimated populations (as of 1998) of 361,246 and 429,841 respectively. The two parts have quite distinct characteristics, though both tribes are subgroups of the Wazir Tribe and speak a common Wazirwola language. They have a formidable reputation as warriors and are known for their frequent blood feuds.


The Wazir tribes are divided into sub-tribes governed by male village elders who meet in a tribal jirga. Socially and religiously, Waziristan is an extremely conservative area. Women are carefully guarded, and every household must be headed by a male figure. Tribal cohesiveness is also kept strong by means of the so-called Collective Responsibility Acts in the Frontier Crimes Regulation.


Taliban presence in the area has been an issue of international concern in the War On Terrorism particularly since the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.



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Hundreds of Taliban fleeing a military operation in the neighbouring region of South Waziristan region are believed to have taken shelter there. ...
The Pakistani Army now has two divisions in Swat and several more in South Waziristan and Mr Holbrooke would like to see them move into North Waziristan as ...
Another brigade commander said that 10 per cent of the 300 militants that his men had recently killed in Waziristan were foreign, including Arabs. ...
Pakistani military had launched a major operation against the Taliban in their stronghold of South Waziristan in October last year. ...

Unless you've been living in a cave in Waziristan, don't speak English or simply have no interest in sports betting, you've heard the name Tim Tebow. ...
... say that Mehsud was a close aide of the killed pro-Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud and was reportedly involved in acts of kidnapping in South Waziristan. ...
Ten suspected militants were killed and two wounded in two separate US drone attacks in the North Waziristan region on Wednesday. ...
In response, the Pakistani Army launched an attack from their base in the foothills of the South Waziristan mountains. They began artillery attacks that ...
In February 2009, Headley and Abdur Rehman meet with Kashmiri in the Waziristan region of Pakistan, where they discussed the video surveillance and ways to ...
He was killed in South Waziristan in January 2008. Usama al-Kini from Kenya along with his lieutenant Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan was killed in a drone attack ...
The message was released through pamphlets distributed in North Waziristan's Miranshah town, marking six years of the first-ever coordinated attack by ...
... connection with the bombing of the CIA base in Afghanistan, has been killed in a drone strike in North Waziristan's Miranshah city, US officials said. ...
Hussami is the latest al Qaeda and Taliban commander reported killed in Pakistan's tribal agency of North Waziristan. Unmanned US Predator and Reaper strike ...
Two missile strikes by pilotless US drone aircraft on Wednesday killed at least nine militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan, a major al Qaeda and Taliban ...
Miranshah: US drone strikes killed at least 10 terrorists and injured three others in North Waziristan on Wednesday. ...
Then, in 1942, he secured an attachment to the South Waziristan Scouts, who had the function of maintaining peace in the difficult tribal areas of South ...
The attacks took place near a village in North Waziristan. According to a local resident quoted in Pakistani media, residents are now scared to help in ...
Miramshah: After weeks of tense calm in volatile North Waziristan Agency (NWA), the Taliban on Wednesday announced to honour their ...
Pakistan's battlefield successes in Swat and South Waziristan changed the dynamics of the geopolitical equation from what it was less than a year ago. ...
According to a notification released by the ministry, a group of at least 15 terrorists led by 'Asadullah' has left Waziristan to carry out fresh attacks in ...
The counter terrorism official says Yemeni was believed to be killed in a strike in Miran Shah, the main town in North Waziristan. The official spoke on ...
Miranshah: US drone strikes killed at least 10 terrorists and injured three others in North Waziristan on Wednesday. ...
And as Waziristan and Malakand have been relatively pacified, the federal and provincial governments should take the anti-polio drive to these areas, ...
Although he acknowledged that the Pakistani military hasn't yet engaged in North Waziristan, he said that he was impressed with its dedication so far. ...
Seven suspected militants were killed and three wounded in a missile attack by the US spy planes at Zhawa village in North Waziristan tribal region on ...
The attacks came on the same day that back-to-back drone strikes killed five suspected militants in North Waziristan, also in Pakistan's northwest tribal ...
Islamabad, Mar.17 (ANI): At least nine suspected Taliban Insurgents were killed in the latest volley of drone attacks in North Waziristan on Wednesday. ...
US and NATO officials have encouraged Pakistan to continue operations against the Taliban in North Waziristan. Over the past few months, Pakistan's army has ...
... been killed in a suspected US drone attack in Pakistan. Witnesses in the area said the attack targeted a militant compound in the North Waziristan region.
But I do think we can learn from them, which is why I am dwelling this week on Roe's fine book on the British experience in Waziristan. ...
Miranshah/Mir Ali: US drones fired four missiles at a house in North Waziristan on Tuesday, 40 kilometres west of the agency headquarters near the ...
On the question of Pakistan's plans to launch a military operation in North Waziristan, he said a final date had not been set yet. ...
... it would end the operation in South Waziristan on March 30 and hand over control to the civil administration, a private news channel reported on monday. ...
Peshawar: US unmanned drones fired missiles into the hideouts of pro-Taliban and al-Qaida linked militants in the troubled North Waziristan tribal region on ...
South Waziristan is an Indian outpost on Pakistani soil with a religious version of Mukti Bahini in place, the terror militia created by ...
Last year, Pakistan launched an anti-Taliban offensive in South Waziristan. The army believes many Insurgents have fled from there to areas such as Orakzai. ...
A key part of our assignment was to try to get up to South Waziristan in the tribal belt of northern Pakistan and home to the famous tribes of Mehsuds and ...
"The best we can say is that North Waziristan is being controlled through squeezing effects from all sides," the Pakistan official said. ...
WASHINGTON: the United States understands why Pakistan does not want to launch a military operation in North Waziristan at this stage, says US special envoy ...
To my surprise, Roe in his book on Waziristan notes that the British in the 1930s had their own debate, similar to the one inside our military now, ...


 


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