Miran Shah, Miran Shah (Miranshah)
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Miran Shah (Miranshah) is a key town in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region, historically known as an administrative center and a focal point in regional militancy and counterinsurgency operations.
Observed surface forms (6)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Miran Shah, Miramshah | 1 |
| Miran Shah, Miran Shah, Miramshah | 1 |
| Miran Shah, Miran Shah, Miran Shah (Miranshah) | 1 |
| Miran Shah, Miran Shah, Miranshah | 1 |
| Miran Shah, Miranshah | 1 |
| Miran Shah | 0 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
settlement
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Miran Shah (Miranshah)
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Miranshah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderTradeRoute | Ghulam Khan border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
War in North-West Pakistan
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ⓘ
insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ |
| country | Pakistan ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Pashtuns
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ⓘ
Wazir tribe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction | district headquarters ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
administrative offices
ⓘ
bazaar ⓘ military installations ⓘ |
| hasTransportFacility | Miran Shah Airfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
center of militancy in North Waziristan
ⓘ
focal point of counterinsurgency operations ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Pakistani military operations
ⓘ
militant strongholds ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Pashto
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ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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ⓘ
North Waziristan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInGeographicalRegion |
Waziristan
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ⓘ
northwestern Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
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ⓘ
Tribal Areas of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Tochi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryOperation |
Operation Zarb-e-Azb
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ⓘ
earlier Pakistani security operations in North Waziristan ⓘ |
| nearBorderWith | Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | North Waziristan District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postConflictDevelopment | reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts by Pakistani authorities ⓘ |
| previousGoverningBody | Federally Administered Tribal Areas administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| roadConnection |
Bannu
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ⓘ
Ghulam Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | administrative center of North Waziristan ⓘ |
| securityStatus | heavily militarized area ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | key town on routes between Pakistan and Afghanistan ⓘ |
| timeZoneOffset | UTC+05:00 ⓘ |
| usedBy | various militant groups ⓘ |
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Miran Shah, Miran Shah, Miran Shah (Miranshah)