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39-549: Deh Bala is home to the Shinwari tribe, one of the largest Pashtun tribes. It was a stronghold of the Mujaheddin during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s. Qari Barakatullah Saleem was born in the district. Deh Bala (ده بالا) is one of the villages of Haska Meyna district. Qari Barakatullah Saleem was an Afghan Quran reciter and is regarded as one of the best reciters of

78-752: A few miles of Mittughar (12,470 feet), a point on the Safed Koh in 33° 55' N. and 70° 37' E. At the time of the One Unit policy, Kohat District became a part of the then-much-larger Peshawar Division . When the policy ended, though, Kohat District stayed in the division. The area received full-fledged division status between the Pakistani censuses of 1981 and 1998 , and during the same time period, Hangu Tehsil and Karak Tehsil (formerly Teri Tehsil) were also upgraded, to district status (becoming Hangu District and Lakki Marwat District ). In August 2000, Kohat Division

117-448: A rate of more than 3% every year between 1998 and 2017. Karak , Kohat Division's third-largest city, is the largest city and namesake of Karak District . Having a population just over 50,000, it is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's 24th largest city . Hangu , Kohat Division's second-largest city, is the largest city and namesake of Hangu District . Having a population just under 50,000, it is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's 27th largest city . In 1998, Hangu

156-585: Is also a significant minority of the tribe settled in Kohat and Hangu (Jangal Khel, Haji Abad, Mohallah Sangirh), Pakistan, a settlement 60 km south of Peshawar . In Afghanistan , the Shinwari are also located in Kunar , Bajaur Agency and Lower Dir . At Lower Dir , Munjai village contains a huge population of the Shinwari tribe, which had migrated from Afghanistan to Chamrakand ( Mohmand Agency and Bajaur Agency ) in

195-681: Is also used in an extended sense to include almost the whole territory except the Bāzār and Khyber valleys inhabited by these tribed, the portions occupied by them in the winter months being distinguished as Lower Tīrāh. Tīrāh thus consists of the country watered by the Mastūrah, one of the main branches of the Bārā, which flows through the centre of the country, the Khānki Toi, and the Khurmāna — three rivers which rise within

234-463: Is more than six times larger than Parachinar , Kurram District's administrative district capital. Orakzai District is the only district in the division without a single urbanized area. It is entirely rural. The division has one cantonment, the Kohat Cantonment, adjacent to the city of Kohat which had a population of 36,935, making up the division's entire military population. This made 1.15% of

273-463: Is one of the seven divisions in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It consists of five districts : Hangu , Karak , Kohat , Kurram , and Orakzai . The division borders Bannu Division to the south and west, Peshawar Division to the north and east, the province of Punjab to the east, and Afghanistan to the northwest. CNIC code of Kohat Division is 14. Districts are

312-576: Is settled in the southern districts of Nangarhar Province , in Haska Meyna , Achin , Rodat , Bati Kot , Kot , Chaprahar , Shinwar , Dor Baba and Nazian districts. A major portion of this tribe is also settled between Landi Kotal (Pakistan) and Jalalabad (Afghanistan), as well as in Parwan province of Afghanistan where they are concentrated in Shinwari , Ghorband , and Jabalussaraj districts. These Shinwaris are mostly traders and businessmen. There

351-689: Is the gateway to Afghanistan through the Kuh-e Sefid range. The Khyber Agency has two major rivers. The Bara River in the southern Khajuri Plain provides for relatively arable farm land. The Kabul River forms the northern boundary, separating Khyber from Mohmand Agency . Another river in the agency is the Chora , which flows east-northeast on the north side of the Surghar range . Valleys: Maidan , Rujgal , Bara , Bazaar , Choora , Wachpal and Tirah . Khyber Agency experiences hot temperatures during

390-755: The Mohmands , the Safis , and the Afridis . However, some sources indicate that the Mohmand tribe is frequently in a state of conflict with the Shinwari tribe. The Shinwari tribe has historically feuded with the Khogyani tribe, which is a Karlani sub-tribe. There are some historical inter-tribal feuds over land. During the First Afghan War , a raid on the Shinwarree valley

429-687: The Taliban . They promised that anyone supporting the Taliban , would be punished with fines and expulsion. This pact, which per The Times "appears to be the first" incident of an entire tribe declaring war against the Taliban , has invited comparison with the Sunni Awakening of 2006, which tipped the balance of power in Iraq against the Sunni insurgency. The pact also had economic implications that America offered over in development funding. Further, reports suggested

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468-482: The Taliban insurgents have changed from Taliban to ISIL-KP carrying out insurgent activities under the direct order of Abdul Khaliq , Who is the head of Taliban in Haska Mena . Several people were killed and injured during the insurgency in Haska Mena district, The most common are: In 1885, a British author described the Shinwari ("Shanwari" in his text): The Shinwari tribe has been known to form alliances with

507-578: The 1890s, and settled in the fertile land of Munjai village in Lower Dir . Reporting from 2010 states that there are around 400,000 Shinwari in Afghanistan . The Shinwaris reside in hilly areas with narrow valleys such as in the Khyber Agency where mountain ranges meet there: Lacha Gar , Karagah Ghar , Surghar , Tor Ghar Morgah , and Kalauch . The famous Khyber Pass , at 1,180 meters (3,870 ft.) ASL,

546-568: The Alizai village, 15 km away from Kohat, Pakistan . Mirdad Khel, a sub-tribe of the Shinwaris , migrated to Swat Valley during the 1750s and settled there. Among them one of the notable Shinwaris is Senator Abdul Rahim Mirdad Khel. In Afghanistan , the Shinwari are also located in the Kunar Valley . Reporting from 2010 states that there are around 400,000 Shinwari in Afghanistan . The Shinwari tribe

585-686: The Kurram. The Kohāt Toi rises in the Māmozai hills. It has but a small perennial flow, which disapeears before it reaches the town of Kohāt, but the stream reappears some miles lower down and thence flows continuously to the Indus. The Teri Toi has little or no perennial flow, and the Shkalai is also small, though perennial. The most fertile part is the Hangu tahsīl , which comprises the valley of Lower and Upper Mīrānzai. The rest of

624-511: The Quran. He had won multiple Qira'at competitions. Agriculture is the main source of income. Crops include wheat, corn, sugar cane and rice. At times, opium poppies have been an important crop. Deh Bala's residents do not have a modern water supply system for their crops. They traditionally drain water from the mountain ( Spīn_Ghar ), which flows along the south of the district, using water tap and shallow wells. Floods often destroy valuable fields. In

663-461: The Shinwari were against Taliban interference with their traditional smuggling routes across the Pakistani border . The security situation in Haska Mena district is getting worse daily due to the increased number of Taliban insurgents operating in Naria Aubo Village, Papen Village, Dara Village, Aughuz Village and other remote villages in the district , In December 2014, Most of

702-1250: The Shinwaris. The use of foreign "infidels" to subjugate Muslims roused other tribes to revolt and the country descended into what would become the 1929 Afghan Civil War . The Shinwaris are derived from the Kasi tribe , and are further distributed into sub-tribes: ilyas khel, Hasan khel [kotwal] [kuki khel] [Musi khel] [Umar khel] [Da Oghaz khel] [Mahmud Khel] Haska Meyna District ]Piro khel] [Piset khel] [Shekmal khel] [Karmu khel] [Mirjan khel] [Mai khel] [Soulor ptar] [Mullagoris [Suliman khel] [Babar khel] [Shabul khel] [Aka khel] [Fatima nmasi] [Nimidar khel] [Mamai khel] [Lala nmasi] [ya khel] 7. http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/rawanews.php?id=656 8. http://afghanistantimes.af/old/news_details.php?page=8&id=9738&&cid=3 9. http://www.pajhwok.com/en/search/site/%22haska%22 10. https://sites.google.com/site/wwwbomnaforg/all-news-updates/news-updates-december-2013/clasheskill4ineafghanistan 11. http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2348647&Language=en http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/06/asia/npw-isis-reach-in-afghanistan/index.html Kohat Division Kohat Division

741-410: The administrative units. They are at a lower level than a division and higher than a tehsil one level below divisions in the administrative hierarchy of Pakistan. Kohat Division consists of the following five districts : Hangu , Karak , Kohat , Kurram , and Orakzai . (km²) (2023) (ppl/km²) (2023) (2023) (km²) (2023) (ppl/km²) (2023) (2023) In 1941, the area which today covers

780-658: The area that would later become Orakzai District was an unadministered patch of land known as Tīrāh. Its description is below. A mountainous tract of ‘unadministered’ territory in the North-West Frontier Province, lying between 33° 37' and 34°N 70° 30' and 71° 15' E. It is inhabited in the summer months by all the sections of the Orakzai, two sections of the Jowāki Afrīdis, and by the Kulla Khel Afrīdis. The name

819-729: The country of the Māssozai section of the Orakzai and that of the Zaimusht tribe on the east, its south-eastern corner abutting on the Mīrānzai country of Kohāt District. On the south it borders on Northern Wazīristān; and on the south-west and west it is contiguous with the Afghān district of Khost, of which the Jāji Maidan or plain, the Chamkanni country, and Hariob Jāji lie on its western extremity. At that time,

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858-476: The district consists of ranges of hills much broken into spurs, ravines, and valleys, which are sometimes cultivated but more often bare and sandy. Kurram, on the other hand, was an agency in the province bordering Kohat District. It is also described in the Gazetteer. A Political Agency in the North-West Frontier Province, lying between 33° 19' and 34° 3' N. and 69° 39' and 70° 28' E., and comprising that section of

897-598: The division (excluding Orakzai and Kurram) was known as Kohat District. Kohat District was one of five trans-Indus districts in the North-West Frontier Province of British India . It was split into the Tehsils of Hangu, Kohat, and Teri. Here is a description of the area given by the Imperial Gazetteer of India. Central District of the North-West Frontier Province, lying between 32° 48' and 33° 45'N. and 70° 30' and 72° 1' E., with an area of 2,973 square miles. The district has

936-536: The division, having areas of 3,380 km (1,310 sq mi) and 3,371 km (1,302 sq mi) respectively. Together they make up about 55% of the area of the division. Kohat District , despite being the most populous, comes in as the third-largest district in the province with an area of 2,991 km (1,155 sq mi). The two smaller districts of the division, Hangu (with an area of only 1,097 km (424 sq mi)) and Orakzai (with an area of 1,538 km (594 sq mi)) make up

975-468: The east by the Indus. Its greatest length in 104 miles, and its greatest width 50 miles. The District consists of a succession of ranges of broken hills, whose general trend is east and west, and between which lie open valleys, seldom more than 4 or 5 miles in width. These ranges are of no great height, though several peaks attain an altitude of 4,700 or 4,900 feet. As the District is generally elevated, Hangu to

1014-407: The entire population of the division active military personnel. In 1998, the dominant language in the division was Pashto , with over 90% of the population speaking it as their mother tongue. Punjabi is spoken by about 1% of the population, and Urdu and Saraiki are spoken by about 0.35% and 0.3% of the population respectively. Of the remaining 5% of the population, most are suspected to speak

1053-540: The first to openly rebel against king Amanullah Khan 's imposition of various new laws, including the requirement to wear European dress, the rule that required them to send a quota of their daughters to Kabul for education and the impositions of taxes (they had never previously paid tax). The Shinwaris attacked Jalalabad , cutting off its water supply and closing the Kabul–Peshawar road. Amanullah responded by using his fledgling Air Force , including Soviet pilots, to bomb

1092-741: The greatest poets of the Pashto language in the 20th century was the late Ameer Hamza Shinwari , also known as "Hamza Baba ". The Shinwari tribe are descended from the Kasi Pashtun tribe settled in the southern districts of Nangarhar Province , in Haska Meyna , Achin , Rodat , Bati Kot , Kot , Chaprahar , Shinwar , Dor Baba and Nazian districts. A major portion of the tribe is centered in Jalalabad and Parwan province of Afghanistan, and Khyber Pass, Pakistan. These Shinwaris are mostly traders and businessmen. There are more than 3,000 Shinwaris settled in

1131-568: The hill country, water must often be carried long distances by pack animal. Most villagers do not have access to potable water. Collecting and selling firewood, and manual labor, are other income-generating activities. 34°06′N 70°28′E  /  34.100°N 70.467°E  / 34.100; 70.467 This Nangarhar Province , Afghanistan location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Shinwari The Shinwari ( Pashto : شينواري ) are an ethnic Pashtun tribe of Afghanistan and Pakistan . Among

1170-535: The interior of the division, wedged between the three larger districts to their west and east. The important Kurram River (a major tributary of the Indus River ) begins in this division, in Kurram District. To Kohat Division's northeast, you will find Peshawar Division , to the division's southwest, Bannu Division can be found. To the southeast of Kohat Division, the divisions of Sargodha and Rawalpindi in

1209-454: The northward being 2,800 feet and Kohāt, its head-quarters, 1,700 feet above sea-level, the ranges rise to only inconsiderable heights above the plain. The general slope is to the east, towards the Indus, but on the south-west the fall is towards the west into the Kurram river. The principal streams are the Kohāt and Teri Tois (‘streams’), both tributaries of the Indus, and the Shkalai which flows into

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1248-475: The province of Punjab can be found, and Kohat Division borders the country of Afghanistan to its northwest. As of the 2023 Census of Pakistan , the division had a population of 3,752,436. Kohat , the division's namesake and largest city, is situated in Kohat District and has over 200,000 inhabitants. Kohat is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's fourth-largest city and is a fast-growing city whose population grew at

1287-730: The shape of an irregular rhomboid, which one arm stretching north-east towards the Khwarra-Zira forest in Peshāwar District. It is bounded on the north by Peshāwar District, and by the hills inhabited by the Jowāki and Pass Afrīdis; on the north-west by Orakzai Tīrāh; on the south-west by the Kābul Khel territory (Wazīristān); on the south-east by Bannu and the Miānwālī District of the Punjab; and on

1326-489: The six Frontier Regions with the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa . With this merger, Kohat Division gained the agencies of Kurram and Orakzai, which became districts , and the Frontier Region Kohat (which was fully merged into Kohat District as Darra Adam Khel Subdivision). Kohat Division has a total area of 12,377 km (4,779 sq mi). Kurram and Karak Districts are the two largest districts in

1365-512: The summer season, May through August. Maximum temperatures may reach 104 degrees, while the lower average 79 degrees. During the cooler months of November through April, however, average high temperatures reach 64 degrees and lows dip to around 39 degrees. Average annual rainfall over the Khyber Agency is 15 to 16 inches The elders of the Shinwari tribe in Nangarhar signed a pact, uniting against

1404-611: The valley of the Kurram river which lies between the Peiwar Kotal in the west and the borders of Mīrānzai in the east. The Agency has an area of about 1,278 square miles, its maximum length from Thal to the Peiwar Kotal being 72 miles as the crow flies, and its breadth varying from 12 to 24 miles. Bounded on the north by the Safed Koh or 'White Mountain' (called in Pashtū the Spīn Ghar), which separates it from Ningrahār, it adjoins Pāra-Chamkanni and

1443-674: Was abolished along with every other division in the country , but was reinstated (with all the other divisions of Pakistan) eight years later after the elections of 2008 . In 2018, the 25th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan was passed by the Parliament of Pakistan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly . This entirely and fully merged the seven agencies of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and

1482-555: Was conducted in Nangarhar , on the 24th of July 1842 Shinwari tribesmen skirmished with the British invaders and another action occurred in the 26th of July where a larger British Artillery force engaged the tribesmen. During the Khost rebellion , the Shinwari aligned themselves with the Afghan Government and helped quell the revolt. During the late 1928 riots, the Shinwari tribe were

1521-624: Was larger than Karak, but due to Karak's fast growth, has been overtaken. Sadda , in Kurram District , is the fourth-largest city in Kohat Division, with about 35,000 inhabitants. It was the second-largest city in the now-defunct Federally Administered Tribal Areas and is the 40th largest city in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa . It is a fast-growing city (with a population growth rate of 3.75% every year between 1998 and 2017, which means its population more than doubled during that period) and

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