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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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Sat. July 04, 2009

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Miranshah: Seven people were killed and 14 injured when security forces jets pounded militants positions in bordering areas of North Waziristan. ...
WANA: Thirteen people have been killed and several injured in two missile attacks by US drones in South Waziristan. According to sources, US drone fired a ...
They said three missiles struck in a village called Zamarai Nairai in an area of the lawless South Waziristan tribal region known as a stronghold of ...
The captured soldier is a young infantryman who was stationed at a remote outpost in Paktika Province, which is along the border with South Waziristan, ...
Pilotless drones, guided from a command center in the United States, launched several missiles against Taliban supporters in Pakistan's South Waziristan ...
The Pakistani military is also preparing to begin an offensive in South Waziristan, the rugged mountainous tribal region straddling the border with ...
Pakistan's military is facing tough resistance in its battle against the Taliban in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal agency along the border with ...
Fighting around the town of Mirali in North Waziristan in October 2007 led 80000 people to flee their homes. The fighting started on Oct 7 ...
The second kind of extremists involved in suicide attacks are those linked to the al-Qaeda and Taliban network based in the Waziristan region on the ...
With regard to the attack on the military convoy passing through North Waziristan as it was ambushed by scores of the Taliban on June 28, may I ask whether ...
The jet fighters targeted the positions of the militants in South Waziristan region reportedly killing many Insurgents hiding in the region. ...
A co-ordinated offensive bombs funerals and takes the fight into Waziristan led by helicopter gunships. It makes some difference that the ground forces are ...
Pakistan's military denies intentions of extending its anti-militant campaign to North Waziristan, urging people in the tribal region to cooperate with the ...
Villages in the Mahsud area were hit hard in the Waziristan operation. Whether Baitullah Mahsud and members of his Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan ...
the US had claimed al Qaeda and Taliban militants were hiding in South Waziristan and other tribal areas, crossing the border into war-torn Afghanistan and ...
Taliban militants in North Waziristan, a tribal region bordering Afghanistan, have ended a peace agreement with the Pakistani government. ...
The agreement allows the Pakistani military to request the drones fly non-combat surveillance missions over South Waziristan, he said. ...
The commander, Gul Bahadur, who heads the Pakistani Taliban in North Waziristan, ended his pact with Islamabad and threatened more attacks on the army after ...
Pakistan has openly acknowledged the latest operations by the Pakistani military are aimed at South Waziristan, where the Pakistani military is targeting ...
... in the military operations in Malakand and Waziristan in Pakistan during the last 24 hours, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on tuesday. ...
Lahore,June 29 (APP):- All Pakistan Sunni workers Convention announcing full support for army operation in Waziristan and Malakand urged the nation to show ...
The Taliban faction, led by Hafiz Gul Bahadur, operates in the mountainous North Waziristan area along the border with Afghanistan. ...
Islamabad - Saying that NWFP government would take final decision on return of internally displaced people (IDPs) to Swat, Information Minister Qamar Zaman ...
Reading the article titled "Setting Waziristan ablaze" by Roedad Khan (June 27) I am reminded as to what will be the epitaph of those who for the most part ...
TANK/Miranshah/Islamabad: Twenty-two Taliban were killed in clashes with security forces in the North and South Waziristan agencies on sunday. ...
MUZAFFARABAD: The bomber responsible for the first suicide attack in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) was a member of the Taliban from Waziristan, an official ...
Lahore/TANK/WANA: At least 42 Taliban were killed and another 50 were injured in the ongoing military operation against the Taliban in South Waziristan, ...
PTI Posted: friday , Jun 26, 2009 at 0247 hrs IST With his massed troops and armour waiting for the nod to storm the Taliban strongholds in South Waziristan ...
Baitullah Mahsud was at the funeral of a militant commander but left before a suspected US drone attack that killed 80 people, residents in South Waziristan ...
By VOA News Pakistan is sending troops and warplanes into the volatile South Waziristan region, the first steps in a new offensive targeting Pakistani ...
Military experts see the showdown in remote South Waziristan as a possible Waterloo for al Qaeda and its allies as the government has demonstrated a ...
"The operations that appear to be underway now would be the largest operations that have been undertaken in Waziristan," said one official, ...
Several Taleban hideouts in the Pakistani Waziristan in the south of the country, on the border with Afghanistan, have been hit by US missiles. ...
WANA: Jet planes pounded hideouts of militants in area of Ladha and Saam in South Waziristan resulting in the killing of fifteen militants while three ...
Islamabad - Saying that NWFP government would take final decision on return of internally displaced people (IDPs) to Swat, Information Minister Qamar Zaman ...
Lahore,June 29 (APP):- All Pakistan Sunni workers Convention announcing full support for army operation in Waziristan and Malakand urged the nation to show ...
... the explosion they also opened the firing on the convoy at Kala May, the area of South Waziristan which killed 12 troops while 10 other got injured. ...

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