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Khyber District
Khyber District is a district in Peshawar Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas, with merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it became a district. It ranges from the Tirah valley down to Peshawar. It borders Nangarhar Province to the west, Orakzai District to the south, Kurram District to south west, Peshawar to the east and Mohmand District in north.
Khyber Pass
Khyber Pass is a major feature of the Khyber Agency. Its narrowest point is at Ali Masjid, where the Battle of Ali Masjid occurred. The Khyber Rifles paramilitary organization originated in the area and took their name from it.
Geography
Khyber Agency is located at 33-45 and 34-20 degree North latitudes and 70-27 and 71-32 East Longitudes. It is bordered by the Kabul River and Koh-e-Suffaid range in the North, Peshawar District in the East and Kurram Agency in the West. In the North-West lies Afghanistan, Orakzai in the South and Mohmand Agency in the North-East. The total area of the Agency is 2,576 Sq: Kilometers.
The Principal streams that drain through the Agency are Bara River, Choora River and Khyber “Nullah”. All these flow into the Peshawar Valley.The Agency comprises generally a barren and rugged mountains terrain. It has also some very beautiful Valleys with plain culturable lands. The important Valleys are Rajgal, Maidan, Bara and Bazar. The Valleys lying near the sources of Bara River are generally known as Tirah. Rajgal Stream from Rajgal Valley and Shalobar Toi from Maidan Valley join up at Dwa-Toi, and thereafter it is called as Bara Valley.
Demographics
The majority of the tribes in Khyber Agency are Afridis. However, there are important pockets of Mullagoris, Shilmanis, Bangashs and Shinwaries.
Insurgency
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Islam and Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi militants began entering Khyber Agency after the US-led NATO Invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. Due to absence of a strong government and security network in the area and its rough, mountainous terrain, the area became a hotbed of the insurgents and over 90 percent of the agency came under their control in 2007. After 2007, the militants began attacking government and military establishments in KPK province killing many people and wounding many more. The Pakistan Army began an operation in 2008 to clear the agency of militants and restore normal life in the area. The Operation continued for years and resulted in killing of hundreds of TTP militants and Pakistan Army soldiers. The Local Aman Lashkars or Peace committees supported the army by fighting the foreign terrorists. By July 2012, a major part of the agency was cleared but military operation continued in Bara Tehsil of the agency. The Operation also Produced a large number of internally displaced people. In October 2014, Pakistan Armed Forces launched a military offensive in Khyber Agency code-named Operation Khyber-1.
Education
Khyber Agency is the most literate of all the Tribal Areas, with a literacy rate of 34.2%, as of 2007. Quite far ahead of the next highest Agency - Kurram at 26.5%. It is also the only Agency where the majority of its men are literate, at 57.2%, which is almost 20% ahead of the next highest agency, Kurram. However, its Female literacy rate of 10.1% is 2nd after Kurram's 14.4%.
famous personalities
People belonging to this area enjoy cricket, famous Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi and shaheen shah afridi is from this area.
Muhammad Javed Afridi is a famous Pakistani business executive and entrepreneur is also from this area. He is best known as the CEO of Haier Pakistan and owner of MG JW Automobile Pakistan. Afridi is also owner of the cricket franchise Peshawar Zalmi in Pakistan Super League (PSL) and also Co-Founder/CEO of JoChaho.
Administration
Khyber District is currently subdivided into four tehsils.
Bara Tehsil
Jamrud Tehsil
Landi Kotal Tehsil
Mula Gori Tehsil