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data-title="South Wazīristān Agency" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%BEn%C3%AD_Vaz%C3%ADrist%C3%A1n" title="Jižní Vazíristán – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Jižní Vazíristán" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BCdwasiristan" title="Südwasiristan – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Südwasiristan" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wazirist%C3%A1n_del_Sur" title="Waziristán del Sur – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Waziristán del Sur" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="وزیرستان جنوبی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="وزیرستان جنوبی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waziristan_du_Sud" title="Waziristan du Sud – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Waziristan du Sud" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%AE%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98_%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%96%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="სამხრეთი ვაზირისტანი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სამხრეთი ვაზირისტანი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuid-Waziristan" title="Zuid-Waziristan – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Zuid-Waziristan" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8r-Waziristan" title="Sør-Waziristan – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sør-Waziristan" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B6%D9%84%D8%B9_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="ضلع جنوبی وزیرستان – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ضلع جنوبی وزیرستان" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po%C5%82udniowy_Waziristan" title="Południowy Waziristan – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Południowy Waziristan" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCney_Veziristan" title="Güney Veziristan – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Güney Veziristan" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Південний Вазиристан – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Південний Вазиристан" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a 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class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">ضلع جنوبی وزیرستان</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="List of districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">District</a> of <a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Skanrr_gharra_from_kot_nawaz_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Skanrr Gharra mountain from 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg/35px-Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg/45px-Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="793" data-file-height="528" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_Pakistan" title="Divisions of Pakistan">Division</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dera_Ismail_Khan_Division" title="Dera Ismail Khan Division">Dera Ismail Khan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1893 (as an <a href="/wiki/Agency_(country_subdivision)" class="mw-redirect" title="Agency (country subdivision)">agency</a> of <a href="/wiki/Federally_Administered_Tribal_Areas" title="Federally Administered Tribal Areas">Federally Administered Tribal Areas</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wanna,_Pakistan" title="Wanna, Pakistan">Wanna</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of <a href="/wiki/List_of_tehsils_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="List of tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Tehsils</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b>8</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data">District Administration</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Commissioner_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Commissioner (Pakistan)">Deputy Commissioner</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Khalid Khattak<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • District Police Officer</th><td class="infobox-data">N/A</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • District Health Officer</th><td class="infobox-data">N/A</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">6,620 km<sup>2</sup> (2,560 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2023)<sup id="cite_ref-2023_census_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023_census-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">888,675</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">130/km<sup>2</sup> (350/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5">UTC+5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Standard_Time" title="Pakistan Standard Time">PST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Main language(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Waziri_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Waziri language">Waziri</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pashto_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashto language">Pashto</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Burki_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Burki language">Ormari</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://southwaziristan.kp.gov.pk/">southwaziristan<wbr />.kp<wbr />.gov<wbr />.pk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>South Waziristan District</b> (<a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a>: <span lang="ur" dir="rtl"><span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">ضلع جنوبی وزیرستان</span></span>) was a <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Pakistan" title="Districts of Pakistan">district</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Dera_Ismail_Khan_Division" title="Dera Ismail Khan Division">Dera Ismail Khan Division</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a> province of Pakistan, before splitting into the <a href="/wiki/Lower_South_Waziristan_District" title="Lower South Waziristan District">Lower South Waziristan District</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Upper_South_Waziristan_District" title="Upper South Waziristan District">Upper South Waziristan District</a> on 13 April 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It covers around 11,585 km<sup>2</sup> (4,473 mi<sup>2</sup>). Waziristan is located in the southwest of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is situated between two rivers, the <a href="/wiki/Tochi_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Tochi River">Tochi River</a> to the north and the <a href="/wiki/Gomal_River" title="Gomal River">Gomal River</a> to the south. The region was an independent <a href="/wiki/Tribal" class="mw-redirect" title="Tribal">tribal</a> territory from 1893, separated from both Afghanistan and the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a>-ruled <a href="/wiki/Empire" title="Empire">empire</a> in the subcontinent. Raiding the tribal areas was a constant problem for the British, requiring frequent punitive expeditions between 1860 and 1945.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Troops of the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a> coined a name for this region "Hell's Door Knocker" in recognition of the fearsome reputation of the local fighters and inhospitable terrain.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The district headquarter of the South Waziristan district is <a href="/wiki/Wanna,_Pakistan" title="Wanna, Pakistan">Wanna</a>. South Waziristan is divided into three administrative subdivisions of <a href="/wiki/Ladha" title="Ladha">Ladha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarwakai" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarwakai">Sarwakai</a>, and Wanna. These three subdivisions are further divided into eight Tehsils: Ladha, <a href="/wiki/Makin,_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Makin, Pakistan">Makin</a>, Sararogha, Sarwakai, Tiarza, Wanna, Barmal, and Toi Khula. </p><p>The Waziristan was divided into two "agencies": <a href="/wiki/North_Waziristan" class="mw-redirect" title="North Waziristan">North Waziristan</a> and South Waziristan. Primarily, two big tribes live there. The Wazir tribe lives in the south Waziristan while <a href="/wiki/Mahsud" title="Mahsud">Mahsud</a> tribe inhibits the North Waziristan. Both the tribes are the subgroups of the <a href="/wiki/Wazir_(Pashtun_tribe)" title="Wazir (Pashtun tribe)">Waziri tribe</a>, after whom the region "Waziristan" is named,<sup id="cite_ref-npgs_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npgs-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and speak a common <a href="/wiki/Waziristani_dialect" title="Waziristani dialect">Waziristani dialect</a>. They have a reputation as warriors and are known for their frequent blood feuds. Traditionally, feuding local Waziri religious leaders have enlisted outsiders in the Pakistani government, and more recently the U.S. forces hunting <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a> fugitives—in attempts at score-settling.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="The sentence is ambiguous (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The tribes are divided into sub-tribes governed by male village elders who meet in a tribal <a href="/wiki/Jirga" title="Jirga">jirga</a>. 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 strong through so-called Collective Responsibility Acts in the Frontier Crimes Regulation. </p><p>In terms of area, South Waziristan was the largest agency in the erstwhile <a href="/wiki/Federally_Administered_Tribal_Areas" title="Federally Administered Tribal Areas">FATA</a> region(now merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) being 6,619 km<sup>2</sup>. It has been functioning since 1895. After it was merged with the <a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a> province in 2018, it received the status of a district.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is bordered with the <a href="/wiki/North_Waziristan" class="mw-redirect" title="North Waziristan">North Waziristan</a> district on the north, <a href="/wiki/Bannu_District" title="Bannu District">Bannu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lakki_Marwat_District" title="Lakki Marwat District">Lakki Marwat districts</a> on the northeast, <a href="/wiki/Tank_District" title="Tank District">Tank</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dera_Ismail_Khan" title="Dera Ismail Khan">Dera Ismail Khan districts</a> on the east, <a href="/wiki/Zhob_District" title="Zhob District">Zhob District</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Balochistan_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Balochistan (Pakistan)">Balochistan</a> on the south and Afghanistan on the west.<sup id="cite_ref-npgs_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npgs-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Located near the site of the ancient <a href="/wiki/Indus_Valley_civilization" class="mw-redirect" title="Indus Valley civilization">Indus Valley civilization</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harappa" title="Harappa">Harappa</a>, the region was annexed as part of a far flung satrapy by the old <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Persia">Persian</a> <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid Empire</a> before 500 B.C. The <a href="/wiki/Macedonians_(ethnic_group)" title="Macedonians (ethnic group)">Macedonians</a> under <a href="/wiki/Alexander_the_Great" title="Alexander the Great">Alexander the Great</a> marched on the area around 330 B.C., the later <a href="/wiki/Greco-Bactrian" class="mw-redirect" title="Greco-Bactrian">Greco-Bactrians</a> establishing an independent <a href="/wiki/Indo-Greek_Kingdom" title="Indo-Greek Kingdom">Indo-Greek Kingdom</a> following a split with the <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</a> to the west. Afterwards, it came under <a href="/wiki/Mauryan_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Mauryan Empire">Mauryan</a> rule. The <a href="/wiki/Saka" title="Saka">Saka</a> arrived around 97 B.C., before the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Parthians" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Parthians">Indo-Parthians</a> of <a href="/wiki/Arsacid_dynasty_of_Parthia" class="mw-redirect" title="Arsacid dynasty of Parthia">Arsacid</a> affinity ruled under <a href="/wiki/Gondophares" title="Gondophares">Gondophares</a> to about A.D. 75. The following few centuries A.D. brought at least nominal <a href="/wiki/Kushan_Empire" title="Kushan Empire">Kushan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ephthalite" class="mw-redirect" title="Ephthalite">Ephthalite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kidarite" class="mw-redirect" title="Kidarite">Kidarite</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sassanian" class="mw-redirect" title="Sassanian">Sassanian</a> <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Persia">Persian</a> rule, the last of which fell to the forces of the <a href="/wiki/Arab" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab">Arab</a> <a href="/wiki/Rashidun_Caliphate" title="Rashidun Caliphate">Rashidun Caliphate</a>, which introduced <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> to the <a href="/wiki/East_Iranian" class="mw-redirect" title="East Iranian">East Iranian</a> borderlands in the seventh century. Islam was spread further east under the <a href="/wiki/Saffarid_dynasty" title="Saffarid dynasty">Saffarid dynasty</a> which, under <a href="/wiki/Ya%27qub-i_Laith_Saffari" class="mw-redirect" title="Ya'qub-i Laith Saffari">Ya'qub-i Laith Saffari</a>, pressed deep into the <a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pass" title="Khyber Pass">Khyber</a> hinterlands. The succeeding centuries saw <a href="/wiki/Ghaznavid" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghaznavid">Ghaznavid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ghorid" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghorid">Ghorid</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Babar</a> control of the area, where regional <a href="/wiki/Pashtoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashtoon">Pashtoon</a> tribes living in and around the <a href="/wiki/Hindu-Kush" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu-Kush">Hindu-Kush</a> later battled the encroaching <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a> northwest of the <a href="/wiki/Punjab_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab region">Punjab</a>. From then onward, the region remained under <a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="British Indian Empire">British Indian Empire</a> rule after the 1893 <a href="/wiki/Durand_Line" title="Durand Line">Durand Line</a> agreement, until the state of <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> was created. </p><p>Up to 1895, the Deputy Commissioner of Dera Ismail Khan and <a href="/wiki/Bannu" title="Bannu">Bannu</a> had controlled all political matters in Waziristan since the taking over of the Frontier from the <a href="/wiki/Sikh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikh">Sikhs</a>. These areas did not come under British control until November 1893, when the <a href="/wiki/Amir" class="mw-redirect" title="Amir">Amir</a> of Afghanistan signed a treaty renouncing all claims to these territories. After an attack on the <a href="/wiki/Delimitation_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Delimitation Commission">Delimitation Commission</a> Escort at Wanna in 1894 and subsequent large military operations in 1894–95, a Political Agent for South Waziristan was permanently appointed with its headquarters at Wanna; another was appointed for the Tochi area (North Waziristan) with headquarters at <a href="/wiki/Miramshah" class="mw-redirect" title="Miramshah">Miramshah</a>. The post of Resident in Waziristan was created in 1908. The Political Agent in North Waziristan was subordinate to the Resident, who was directly responsible to the Chief Commissioner of North Western Frontier Province. With the withdrawal of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a> government to the settled districts, the regular armed forces were withdrawn and, instead, a local militia was raised in 1900. However, large scale disturbances occurred in 1904 resulting in the murder of the Political Agent and Militia Commandant at Sarwakai. Later, a plot to murder all the British officers, seize the Wanna fort; and hand it over to <a href="/wiki/Mullah_Powindah" class="mw-redirect" title="Mullah Powindah">Mullah Powindah</a>, the self-styled king of Waziristan, was discovered. The Political Agent and the Commandant, on the same night, disarmed and dismissed all the Mahsuds from the Militia. A few months later, they were again enlisted, but were once again disbanded in 1906. In 1925 the Royal Air Force pacified Mahsud tribesmen by means of the <a href="/wiki/Pink%27s_War" title="Pink's War">Pink's War</a> bombing campaign. </p><p>In the 20th century, <a href="/wiki/Faqir_of_Ipi" title="Faqir of Ipi">Mirzali Khan</a> (Faqir of Ipi), although based in <a href="/wiki/Gurwek" title="Gurwek">Gurwek</a>, North Waziristan, had also many followers from South Waziristan. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pakistan_NWFP_FATA_South_Waziristan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Pakistan_NWFP_FATA_South_Waziristan.svg/220px-Pakistan_NWFP_FATA_South_Waziristan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Pakistan_NWFP_FATA_South_Waziristan.svg/330px-Pakistan_NWFP_FATA_South_Waziristan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Pakistan_NWFP_FATA_South_Waziristan.svg/440px-Pakistan_NWFP_FATA_South_Waziristan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1075" /></a><figcaption>Map of agencies and frontier regions in <a href="/wiki/FATA" class="mw-redirect" title="FATA">FATA</a> and <a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a>, northwest <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> * <span style="background-color: #fffc06; color: #fffc06;">–</span> South Waziristan * <span style="background-color: #7e7bff; color: #7e7bff;">–</span> FATA * <span style="background-color: #7bbc7e; color: #7bbc7e;">–</span> Khyber Pakhtunkhwa </div></figcaption></figure> <p>The Agency is mostly a mass of rugged and complex hills and ridges. There are no regular mountain alignments. The land rises gradually from south and east to north and west. The dominating range is the Preghal in the west along the border with Afghanistan. It is the highest peak which is 3,515 metres high. Zarmelan, Wanna, Shakki, Zalai, Spin and Tiarza are the main plains of the Agency. </p><p>Direction of water courses, in general, are from west to south i.e. from the watersheds of <a href="/wiki/Sulaiman_Mountains" title="Sulaiman Mountains">Sulaiman Mountains</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Indus" class="mw-redirect" title="Indus">Indus</a>. There are two principal rivers in the Agency, Gomal of Luni and Tank Zam. Some important rivulets are Khaisora, Shaktu, Siplatoi, Toi Khwla, Shuza, Shinkai and Shahur. The rest are mountain streams which can become dangerous and impassable during heavy rains which frequently occur during the months of July and August. The Gomal River rises in two branches in the eastern slopes of the western Sulaiman range in the <a href="/wiki/Barmal_District" title="Barmal District">Barmal District</a> of Afghanistan not far from the source of the Tochi River. The Tank Zam is formed by the junction of the Tauda China and the Baddar Toi, at Dwa Toi, south of <a href="/wiki/Razmak" title="Razmak">Razmak</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>South Waziristan District is currently subdivided into eight <a href="/wiki/List_of_tehsils_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="List of tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Tehsils</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-census_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birmil_Tehsil" title="Birmil Tehsil">Birmil Tehsil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladha_Tehsil" title="Ladha Tehsil">Ladha Tehsil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makin_Tehsil" title="Makin Tehsil">Makin Tehsil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sararogha_Tehsil" title="Sararogha Tehsil">Sararogha Tehsil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serwekai_Tehsil" title="Serwekai Tehsil">Serwekai Tehsil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiarza_Tehsil" title="Tiarza Tehsil">Tiarza Tehsil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toi_Khulla_Tehsil" class="mw-redirect" title="Toi Khulla Tehsil">Toi Khulla Tehsil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wana_Tehsil" title="Wana Tehsil">Wana Tehsil</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Agency has hot summers and very cold winters. In winter, <a href="/wiki/Temperature" title="Temperature">temperatures</a> go below <a href="/wiki/Freezing" title="Freezing">freezing</a> point in places of <a href="/wiki/High_altitude" class="mw-redirect" title="High altitude">high altitude</a>. The summer season starts in May and ends by September. June is generally the warmest month when the mean maximum temperature rises slightly over 30 degrees Celsius. The winter starts in October and continues until April. December, January and February are the coldest months. The <a href="/wiki/Arithmetic_mean" title="Arithmetic mean">mean</a> maximum and minimum temperatures for this period are 10 and −2 degrees Celsius, respectively. The Agency is outside the <a href="/wiki/Monsoon" title="Monsoon">monsoon</a> zone, yet at higher altitudes a fair amount of <a href="/wiki/Rain" title="Rain">rainfall</a> is received. South Waziristan Agency has an <a href="/wiki/Arid" class="mw-redirect" title="Arid">arid</a> <a href="/wiki/Climate" title="Climate">climate</a>, receiving minimal <a href="/wiki/Precipitation_(meteorology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Precipitation (meteorology)">precipitation</a>. The western portion, bordering Afghanistan, receives more rainfall than the eastern portion touching Tank and D.I.Khan districts due to high altitude. Most of the Agency receives mean annual rainfall of 6 inches, while a small area in the southeastern corner receives less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rainfall annually. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;margin:0.5em auto;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1972 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">307,514</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">309,454</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.07%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1998 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">429,841</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.95%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2017 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">675,215</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.41%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2023 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">888,675</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.68%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Sources:<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2017census_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2017census-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2023_census_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023_census-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2023_Pakistani_census" title="2023 Pakistani census">2023 census</a>, South Waziristan district has 178,636 households and a population of 888,675. The district has a sex ratio of 107.08 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 31.96%: 42.63% for males and 20.38% for females. 295,611 (33.26% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. The entire population lives in rural areas.<sup id="cite_ref-2023_census_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023_census-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2023 census, 1,694 (0.19%) people in the district were from religious minorities, mainly Christians.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pashto" title="Pashto">Pashto</a> was the predominant language, spoken by 97.99% of the population. 1.85% speak other languages, possibly <a href="/wiki/Ormuri" title="Ormuri">Ormuri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The two main tribes of the agency are the <a href="/wiki/Ahmadzai_(Wazir_clan)" title="Ahmadzai (Wazir clan)">Ahmadzai Wazir</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mahsud" title="Mahsud">Mahsud</a>. The other significant tribal populations are the <a href="/wiki/Ormur" title="Ormur">Ormur</a> (Burki or Baraki), Dotani, <a href="/wiki/Sulaimankhel" title="Sulaimankhel">Sulaimankhel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ghilji" title="Ghilji">Ghilji</a>, Khomia and Taji. Some <a href="/wiki/Bettani" title="Bettani">Bettani</a> tribal people live in a strip on the south-east border, while the Ghilji are mainly settled in the south-west corner.<sup id="cite_ref-npgs_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npgs-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Dotani and Sulaimankhel tribes mainly live in Toi Khwla and Gulkuch. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dress_and_ornaments">Dress and ornaments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Dress and ornaments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The tribal people of this area wear distinctive dress. The dress of men consists of a <a href="/wiki/Turban" title="Turban">turban</a> <a href="/wiki/Smock-frock" title="Smock-frock">smock</a>; <a href="/wiki/Shalwar" class="mw-redirect" title="Shalwar">Shalwar</a> and Chaddar. The smock is generally white or grey and occasionally <a href="/wiki/Embroidery" title="Embroidery">embroidered</a> on the chest with <a href="/wiki/Silk" title="Silk">silk</a> or <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a>. Their Shalwars are baggy and big. <a href="/wiki/Malik" title="Malik">Maliks</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Wealthy" class="mw-redirect" title="Wealthy">wealthy</a> wear white cotton smocks and carry Chaddar on their shoulders. The young educated males wear modern dress as worn by people elsewhere in the country. Women wear different colored clothes as to be identified. Married women put on dark-blue or dark-red smocks of coarse cotton. The <a href="/wiki/Spinster" title="Spinster">spinsters</a> invariably of both married and unmarried women are similar and fit closely below the knee. The married women usually wear a very huge firak called "ganr khat". The unmarried wear simple shalwar and qamees. One can easily differentiate between married and unmarried by this firak. Currently trends are changing of people and they adopt the new culture as well. in wazir etan the trend is slowly emerging but those people who migrated to other Urban areas of Pakistan they changed the fashion and also adopt the other culture. these tribe consist mainly on Mehsud and Wazir tribe. but still two main tribe of wazir e stan not change the way of living and they prefer the simplicity and traditional life (Dotani and Suleman Khel tribe).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Food">Food</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Food"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The people of South Waziristan eat simple food of <a href="/wiki/Wheat" title="Wheat">wheat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">maize</a> <a href="/wiki/Bread" title="Bread">bread</a>. They are also fond of chai (tea) and <a href="/wiki/Rice" title="Rice">rice</a> cooked with <a href="/wiki/Mutton" class="mw-redirect" title="Mutton">mutton</a>. Pulao, a rice pilaf, with roasted meat are served on special occasions. But the main one is Sohbat of Mahsud tribals. The famous food of Dotani and suleman khel tribe is "Korrat", the half white rice mix up with "ghee" which is made from cow milk and second is Bar be Q of Goat.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The majority of Wazirs Mahsuds, Dotani and suleimankhail of South Waziristan are <a href="/wiki/Pastoral" title="Pastoral">pastoral</a>. The Wazirs <a href="/wiki/Selective_breeding" title="Selective breeding">breed</a> cows and <a href="/wiki/Sheep" title="Sheep">sheep</a> and earn their livelihood from sheep-rearing. Suleimankhail are also horses and sheep and some go to different parts of Punjab in summers and most of them are in Iran to earn their livelihood. A large number of Mahsuds are employed in the Army, as levies and <a href="/wiki/Khassadars" class="mw-redirect" title="Khassadars">Khassadars</a> in militia and scouts. Mahsuds have also taken to business in Tank and Dera Ismail Khan <a href="/wiki/Driving" title="Driving">driving</a> <a href="/wiki/Bus" title="Bus">buses</a> and <a href="/wiki/Truck" title="Truck">trucks</a>. The Agency also produces or trades <a href="/wiki/Charcoal" title="Charcoal">charcoal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wool" title="Wool">wool</a>, <a href="/wiki/Potato" title="Potato">potatoes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chilghozas" class="mw-redirect" title="Chilghozas">chilghozas</a> and a few varieties of locally grown <a href="/wiki/Fruit" title="Fruit">fruit</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mining">Mining</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Mining"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is hardly significant mining to be mentioned. <a href="/wiki/Coal_mine" class="mw-redirect" title="Coal mine">Coal mines</a> have been discovered in the Wazir area of Neeli Kach Tehsil Wanna. <a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">Copper</a> is found in Preghal and Spin Kamar. Chromite in area Sarah Khuara near Dre Nashter.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_of_interest">Places of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Places of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wanna is the summer headquarters of the Agency. The Historic Gomal Pass is mentioned by a famous diplomats and writer Dr Shamshad as an entry point of the Shahab- u- Din Ghouri's attacking army in 1192 AD. Ghouris travelled through south Waziristan and attacked India. Moreover, Musa Qala fort or the house of Pir Bagdadi near WANA bazar is also important place in SWD. Likewise, the check posts of British army built on various immensely tall mountains give evidence of the expertise of British army. The Red Bridge, locally known as seer Pall, at Tiarza is a remarkable sign of UK construction in the region. The Village Ghowa Khawa is also a very important place. Ali wazir who is the MNA and leader of PTM belongs to this village. Besides, famous lawyers of SWD Bar like Advocate Fida Hussain wazir were born here in Ghowa Khawa. </p><p>It is an important <a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">tehsil</a> and a camp similar to Razmak. The population is mostly of Ahmadzai Wazirs. It has a vast <a href="/wiki/Plain" title="Plain">plain</a> with extensive <a href="/wiki/Valley" title="Valley">valleys</a> surrounded on all sides by hills. It is an important <a href="/wiki/Industrial_sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrial sector">industrial</a> and <a href="/wiki/Agricultural" class="mw-redirect" title="Agricultural">agricultural</a> center. Khaisur, Osspass, karama, <a href="/wiki/Ladha" title="Ladha">Ladha</a>, Makin, Sararogha, Azamwarsak and <a href="/wiki/Angur_Ada" title="Angur Ada">Angur Ada</a> are also important places of the Agency. Kaniguram is inhabited principally by a tribe called Burki. There are some Mahsuds who also live there but no others. Recently in a local clash the Malik din Khel clan of Mahsuds annexed many parts of Burkis on which the Malik Din Khels have built their own houses. It is, population-wise, the largest habitation in South Waziristan at 7,000 feet (2,100 m) above sea level. The tribesmen manufacture <a href="/wiki/Small_arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Small arms">small arms</a> and <a href="/wiki/Knife" title="Knife">knives</a>, which are most known for their finish and performance and much-liked by <a href="/wiki/Tourist" class="mw-redirect" title="Tourist">tourists</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alien_(law)" title="Alien (law)">foreigners</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration_2">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The civil administration of South Waziristan <a href="/wiki/Federally_Administered_Tribal_Areas_(FATA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)">Agency</a> has been functioning since 1895 under a Political Agent who administers civil criminal and revenue cases in accordance with the <a href="/wiki/Frontier_Crimes_Regulations" class="mw-redirect" title="Frontier Crimes Regulations">Frontier Crimes Regulations</a> and Customary Law. The Agency is divided into the three administrative subdivisions of <a href="/wiki/Ladha" title="Ladha">Ladha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarwakai" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarwakai">Sarwakai</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wanna,_Pakistan" title="Wanna, Pakistan">Wanna</a>. These three subdivisions are further divided into eight Tehsils: Ladha, <a href="/wiki/Makin,_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Makin, Pakistan">Makin</a>, Sararogha, Sarwakai, Tiarza, Wanna, Barmal, and Toi Khwla.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The subdivision of Sarwakai is administered by Assistant Political Officer, whereas the subdivisions of Ladha and Wanna are administered by Assistant Political Agents. Each tehsil is headed by a Political Naib Tehsildar. The Malik system introduced by the British government is functioning Agency. Maliks used to work like media between administrations and the (Qaum) or Tribe. A Maliki is hereditary and devolves on the son and his son so on and so forth for which regular benefits and subsidies are sanctioned from time to time. Lungi system known as Sufaid Resh is slightly lower form of Maliki. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Provincial_Assembly">Provincial Assembly</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Provincial Assembly"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Member of Provincial Assembly</th> <th>Party Affiliation</th> <th>Constituency</th> <th>Year </th></tr> <tr> <td>Hafiz Islam Uddin</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamiat_Ulema-e-Islam_(F)" title="Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)">Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)</a></td> <td>PK-113 South Waziristan-I</td> <td>2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Naseer Ullah Khan</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Tehreek-e-Insaf" title="Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf">Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf</a></td> <td>PK-114 South Waziristan-II</td> <td>2018 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pakistan's_new_Waziristan_strategy"><span id="Pakistan.27s_new_Waziristan_strategy"></span>Pakistan's new Waziristan strategy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Pakistan's new Waziristan strategy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 4 June 2007, the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Council_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="National Security Council of Pakistan">National Security Council of Pakistan</a> met to decide the fate of Waziristan and take up a number of political and administrative decisions to control "<a href="/wiki/Talibanization" title="Talibanization">Talibanization</a>" of the area. The meeting was chaired by President <a href="/wiki/Pervez_Musharraf" title="Pervez Musharraf">Pervez Musharraf</a> and it was attended by the Chief Ministers and Governors of all four provinces. They discussed the deteriorating <a href="/wiki/Law_and_order_(politics)" title="Law and order (politics)">law and order</a> situation and the threat posed to <a href="/wiki/National_security" title="National security">state security</a>. </p><p>The government decided to take a number of actions to stop the "Talibanization" and crush the armed militancy in the Tribal regions and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. </p><p>The NSC of Pakistan has decided the following actions will be taken to achieve the goals: </p> <ul><li>Deployment of <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">unmanned reconnaissance planes</a></li> <li>Strengthening <a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_agency" title="Law enforcement agency">law enforcement agencies</a> with advanced equipment</li> <li>Deployment of more <a href="/wiki/Troops" class="mw-redirect" title="Troops">troops</a> to the region</li> <li>Operations against <a href="/wiki/Militant_(word)" class="mw-redirect" title="Militant (word)">militants</a> on fast-track basis</li> <li>Focused operations against militant commanders</li> <li>Action against <a href="/wiki/Madrasah" class="mw-redirect" title="Madrasah">madrasahs</a> preaching militancy</li> <li>Appointment of regional coordinators</li> <li>Fresh recruitment of <a href="/wiki/Police_officer" title="Police officer">police officers</a> in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa</li></ul> <p>The Ministry of Interior has played a large part in the information gathering for the operations against militants and their institutions. The Ministry of Interior has prepared a list of militant commanders operating in the region and they have also prepared a list of seminaries for monitoring. </p><p>The government is also trying to strengthen the law enforcement in the area by providing Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Police with <a href="/wiki/Weapons" class="mw-redirect" title="Weapons">weapons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bulletproof" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulletproof">bulletproof</a> jackets and <a href="/wiki/Night-vision" class="mw-redirect" title="Night-vision">night-vision</a> devices. The paramilitary Frontier Corps will be provided with <a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">artillery</a> and <a href="/wiki/Armored_Personnel_Carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Armored Personnel Carrier">Armored Personnel Carriers</a> (APCs). The state agencies are also studying ways to block <a href="/wiki/FM_broadcasting" title="FM broadcasting">broadcasting</a> of illegal FM radio channels.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A major <a href="/wiki/Operation_Rah-e-Nijat" title="Operation Rah-e-Nijat">military offensive</a> was launched in the area by the Pakistani army on 17 October 2009. ISPR on 2 November told the media about involvement of Indian's in South Waziristan had been found.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Qari_Imran_training_camp" title="Qari Imran training camp">Qari Imran training camp</a> was located in South Waziristan.<sup id="cite_ref-TheNewsInternational_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheNewsInternational-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Taliban has been dislodged from the area. However, reports that appeared in 2012 suggested that only one out of six subdivisions has been de-notified as conflict zone. Army has control over the main roads and strategic hilltops while TTP militants have safe havens in the valleys.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wanna" title="Battle of Wanna">Battle of Wanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dera_Ismail_Khan_Division" title="Dera Ismail Khan Division">Dera Ismail Khan Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bannu" title="Bannu">Bannu District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Waziristan_District" title="North Waziristan District">North Waziristan District</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tribune.com.pk/story/2332043/balochistan-wins-tour-de-waziristan">"Balochistan wins 'Tour de Waziristan'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>The Express Tribune (newspaper)</i>. 2 December 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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