Bajaur

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Agencies and Frontier Regions in the tribal areas under federal administration - Bajaur is located in the north and is marked with the 1

Bajaur ( Urdu باجوڑ ایجنسی; English Bajaur Agency ; Pashtun باجوړ ایجنسۍ) was a Pakistani tribal area under federal administration until 2018 and borders the Afghan province of Kunar . Bajaur was the northernmost tribal area and had an area of ​​1,290 km². In 1998 there were 595,227 residents. The largest place in Bajaur is Khar . Bajaur has been part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province since 2018 .

history

The discovery of the signet ring of a certain Theodamas , an Indo-Greek who lived in the first century AD, proves that the area around Bajaur was already inhabited in ancient times.

In April 2008, it was reported that the Islamist group Lashkar-e-Islam had moved their headquarters to Bajaur.

On September 1, 2011, 60 teenagers from the area were abducted on an Eid ul-Fitr excursion . 20 under ten were sent back straight away. Then another ten children between the ages of twelve and 14 were released. Currently (as of September 5), 30 children are said to be still in the hands of the kidnappers. According to the head of administration in the region, Islam Zaif Khan , the kidnappers were Afghan Taliban who, with this action, want to put pressure on a tribe loyal to the government. However, they denied that the children were in Afghanistan. A spokesman for Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) said the kidnapping was an act of revenge against the Mamoond tribe , who set up a militia to fight the TTP.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Afghan Taliban took 20 children hostage. In: ORF . Retrieved September 2, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Taliban group chooses new name ( Memento from May 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Daily Times (Pakistan), Apr 27, 2008.
  3. ↑ Taliban kidnapped 30 children in revenge. In: Spiegel Online . September 5, 2011, accessed September 6, 2011 .

Coordinates: 34 ° 47 '  N , 71 ° 31'  E