Английская Википедия:Gurwek
Шаблон:Infobox settlement Gūrwēk (Шаблон:Lang-ur, Шаблон:Lang-ps) is a town in North Waziristan in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan, on the border with Afghanistan. Gurwek is located about Шаблон:Convert southwest of Miramshah, the capital of North Waziristan.[1]
Gurwek is famous for being the site from where Mirzali Khan (Faqir of Ipi) led his guerrilla warfare, first against the British Empire, and later against the newly created government of Pakistan.[2] It was in this town that Mirzali Khan symbolically declared his independent state of Pashtunistan.[3]
On May 11, 2010, at least 24 "suspected militants" were killed in Gurwek and Datta Khel from two drone strikes in Pakistan, in which the US fired up to 18 missiles.[4][5] In 2014, about 929,859 people were internally displaced from North Waziristan as a result of Operation Zarb-e-Azb, a military offensive conducted by the Pakistan Armed Forces along the Durand Line,[6][7] which is the international border between Pakistan and Afghanistan
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- ↑ US drone attacks kill 21 in Pakistan. Hindustan Times. May 11, 2010.
- ↑ The Faqir of Ipi of North Waziristan. The Express Tribune. November 15, 2010.
- ↑ The legendary guerilla Faqir of Ipi unremembered on his 115th anniversary. The Express Tribune. April 18, 2016.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
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- ↑ North Waziristan IDPs figure reaches 800,000. Dawn. July 8, 2014.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news