South Waziristan Agency

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administrative territorial entity former administrative district tribal agency

South Waziristan Agency was a mountainous, tribal administrative district in northwestern Pakistan along the Afghan border, known for its strategic location and history of militancy and military operations.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
South Waziristan 4
South Waziristan District 3
South Waziristan Agency canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
former administrative district ⓘ
tribal agency ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Pakistan ⓘ
administrativeStatusBefore2018 tribal agency of FATA ⓘ
borderRegionOf Afghanistan–Pakistan border ⓘ
surface form: Durand Line
borderType international border region ⓘ
borderWith Afghanistan ⓘ
capital Wana ⓘ
conflict Global War on Terrorism ⓘ
surface form: War on Terror

insurgency in northwestern Pakistan ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
dissolvedAsAgency 2018 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Pashtuns ⓘ
governanceType indirect rule ⓘ
governedBy Political Agent ⓘ
historicalEvent Pakistani military operations against militants ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
early 21st century ⓘ
knownFor militancy ⓘ
military operations ⓘ
strategic location ⓘ
language Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Pashto
largestTown Wana ⓘ
legalSystem Frontier Crimes Regulations ⓘ
surface form: Frontier Crimes Regulation
locatedIn Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) ⓘ
surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas

northwestern Pakistan ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Sulaiman Mountains ⓘ
mergedInto Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
partOf Waziristan ⓘ
populationGroup Mehsud tribe ⓘ
Wazir tribe ⓘ
region Bajaur Agency ⓘ
surface form: Tribal Areas
religion Islam ⓘ
reorganizedAs South Waziristan Agency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: South Waziristan District
securityIssue Taliban presence ⓘ
al-Qaeda presence ⓘ
securityOperationsBy Frontier Corps ⓘ
Pakistan Army ⓘ
sharesRegionWith North Waziristan Agency ⓘ
strategicImportance cross-border militancy ⓘ
proximity to Afghan border ⓘ
terrain mountainous ⓘ
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
tribalStructure tribal society ⓘ
utcOffset +05:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) → composedOf → South Waziristan Agency ⓘ
subject surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Bannu Division → containsAdministrativeUnit → South Waziristan Agency ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Waziristan District
Ormur → region → South Waziristan Agency ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Waziristan
North Waziristan Agency → borders → South Waziristan Agency ⓘ
South Waziristan Agency → reorganizedAs → South Waziristan Agency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Waziristan District
Angur Ada → hasBorderCrossingWith → South Waziristan Agency ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Waziristan
Dera Ismail Khan Division → containsDistrict → South Waziristan Agency ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Waziristan District
The Miscreants of Taliwood → mainSubject → South Waziristan Agency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pakistan tribal areas
Gomal River → flowsThrough → South Waziristan Agency ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Waziristan
Gomal River → flowsThroughRegion → South Waziristan Agency ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Waziristan