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.

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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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Treaty of Gandamak cededTerritory Kurram Valley
Battle of Peiwar Kotal theater Kurram Valley
Kurram Agency hasValley Kurram Valley
Kurram Agency locatedInValley Kurram Valley
Kurram River flowsThrough Kurram Valley
Kurram River hasValley Kurram Valley
Mount Sikaram separates Kurram Valley
Parachinar partOf Kurram Valley
North-West Frontier region contains Kurram Valley
Bannu Basin hasNearbyRegion Kurram Valley
Kurram District hasValley Kurram Valley
Kurram District knownFor Kurram Valley
Kurram District borderCrossingArea Kurram Valley