Bajaur (Urdu: باجوڑ) is an Agency (district) of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan. Its location on the Pakistan-Afghan border makes it important strategically. It has two subdivisions, Nawagai and Khar. In the near past, the Nawab of Khar Bajaur used to run this strategic border area nearly autonomously. Remnants of the Nawabi system still exist, and the Nawab family is represented by Nawabzada Dawood Khan (Tehsil Khan), Shams-ul-Wahab Khan (Paccha Khan) and their sons. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) are areas of Pakistan outside any of the four provinces, comprising a region of some 27,220 km² (10,507 mi²). Neighbouring regions are: Afghanistan to the west with the border marked by the Durand Line, the North-West Frontier to the north, the Punjab... Khar is a small town in Bajaur district of the FATA, Pakistan. ... Nawab (Urdu: نواب ) was originally the subadar (provincial governor) or viceroy of a subah (province) or region of the Mughal empire. ...

Political situation

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), an alliance of religious-political parties, has great influence in this area. Sahibzada Haroon-ur-Rashid (Jamaat-e-Islami) and Maulana Mohammed Sadiq (Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F) are members of the National Assembly of Pakistan and Maulana Abdur-Rasheed (JUI-F) is a senator, all three from the MMA. The Nationalist parties, especially the Awami National Party, are well-organised, while the mainstream Pakistani political parties like Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and Pakistan Peoples Party are not much active. Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal also known as the MMA is an Islamist alliance between religious-political parties in Pakistan. ... Jamaat-e-Islami (Urdu: جماعتِ اسلامی, Islamic Assembly Jamaat, JI) is an Islamic political movement founded in Lahore by Syed Abul Ala Maududi on 26 August 1941. ... The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Assembly of Islamic Clergy) is a political party in Pakistan. ... The National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan. ... The Senate of Pakistan is the upper House of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan. ... The Awami National Party (ANP, Awami meaning People)) is a nationalist political party (leftist) in Pakistan. ... The Pakistan Muslim League (Q), or PML-Q, is a centrist political party in Pakistan, dervied from the original Pakistan Muslim League which had laid foundation of the state of Pakistan. ... The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) (Urdu: پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی ) is a mainstream political party in Pakistan. ...

The Khan of Pashat, currently Shahab-ud-Din Khan, holds great political influence over the local people/tribes.

As of September 19, 2006, there were unconfirmed rumours about the region being a possible hiding place of Osama bin Laden. September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden (Arabic: ‎; born March 10, 1957 [1]), most commonly known as Osama bin Laden is a militant Islamist and one of the founders of al-Qaeda. ...

See also

• Damadola airstrike of January 13, 2006
• Chenagai airstrike of October 30, 2006