Waziristan

thumb|Waziristan Waziristan (Pashto, Ormuri, , ) is a mountainous region of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Waziristan region administratively splits among three districts: North Waziristan, Lower South Waziristan District, and Upper South Waziristan District. The entire Waziristan region covers around and is mainly populated by the Burki, Mehsud, Wazir, Dawar, tribes, who speak the Waziri dialect of the Pashto language.

armed conflict involving Pakistan and armed militant groups

district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Pakistani Taliban Militant leader (1974-2009)

district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Mīrānshāh ()() is a main town in the region that is the administrative headquarters of North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Miranshah lies on the banks of the Tochi River in a wide valley surrounded by the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains. It is located at an elevation of about , from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border (Durand Line). The nearest city in Pakistan is Bannu, about to the east, while the nearest city across the border in Afghanistan is Khost, to the northwest.

Pashto dialect of northwestern Pakistan

town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

2009 military operation

2016 joint-military operation involving Pakistan against armed insurgent groups

town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

The Ormur (), also called Burki or Baraki (), are an Eastern Iranic people and Pashtun tribe mainly living in Baraki Barak, in the Logar province of Afghanistan and in Kaniguram, in the South Waziristan district of Pakistan.

2010 Pakistani military operation

human settlement