Kurram Valley
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Kurram Valley is a mountainous region along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, historically significant as a strategic frontier area and home to diverse tribal communities.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
ⓘ
valley ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Parachinar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| agriculturalProducts |
fruits
ⓘ
maize ⓘ wheat ⓘ |
| borderCrossingTo |
Nangarhar Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paktia Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderFeature | Durand Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | temperate highland climate ⓘ |
| conflictAffected |
militancy after 2001
ⓘ
sectarian violence ⓘ |
| country | Pakistan ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
fertile river terraces
ⓘ
narrow gorges ⓘ pine forests ⓘ |
| hasMajorTown |
Alizai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Parachinar NERFINISHED ⓘ Sadda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPass |
Kurram Pass
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peiwar Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousCommunity |
Shia Muslims
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sunni Muslims NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicallyUsedFor |
military routes through the Khyber–Safed Koh region
ⓘ
trade routes between Afghanistan and the Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy |
Bangash tribe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mangal tribe NERFINISHED ⓘ Orakzai tribe NERFINISHED ⓘ Turi tribe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
mountainous terrain
ⓘ
strategic frontier location ⓘ tribal communities ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Pashto
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| locatedIn | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange |
Safed Koh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spin Ghar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInSubregion | northwestern Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnBorderWith | Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kurram District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
former Federally Administered Tribal Areas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | tribal area ⓘ |
| strategicFor |
Afghanistan–Pakistan transit routes
ⓘ
access to Kabul region ⓘ |
| timeZone | Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ |
| traversedByRiver | Kurram River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +05:00 ⓘ |
| wasStrategicIn | British colonial frontier policy ⓘ |
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