Mardan
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Mardan مردان |
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 Pakistan
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| Province : | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | ||
| Coordinates : |
34 ° 12 ' N , 72 ° 3' E
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| Residents : | 358,604 (2017 census) | ||
| Time zone : |
PST ( UTC + 5 )
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Mardan is a city in the Mardan District in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with 360,000 inhabitants. It is near the border with Afghanistan.
Industrial settlements are sugar processing , weaving mills and sawmills .
There is a military base in the city . It is a training center for the armed forces of Pakistan .
On February 10, 2011, a suicide attack on the military base took place in Mardan . The assassin was a youth in school uniform. 27 soldiers were killed and 35 injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and cited revenge for US threats as a motive .
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- ↑ Pakistan: Provinces and Major Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather, and Web Information. Retrieved January 22, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Suicide bomber kills 27 soldiers. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . February 10, 2011, accessed February 11, 2011 .
- ↑ a b Suicide attack in school uniform. In: Frankfurter Rundschau . February 10, 2011, accessed February 10, 2011 .