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Haider Khel

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Agency
  
North Waziristan

Country
  
Pakistan

Founded by
  
Haji Mir Zali Khan

Elevation
  
460 m

Founder
  
Faqir of Ipi

Territory
  
FATA

Founded
  
1910

Time zone
  
PST (UTC+5)

Population
  
7,500 (2015)

Haider Khel

Haider Khel is a village in North Waziristan, Pakistan, 50 kilometres (30 miles) to the east of Bannu, lying close to the border with Afghanistan. Its inhabitants are mainly Pashtun-speaking Dawaris

History

Haider Khel was founded in 1910, by Haji Mirzali Khan.

In 1896, during the Tochi Expedition, the British set up a military post in the village as part of its defences against raids from the Waziris.

References

Haider Khel Wikipedia