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The Talibanization of the North-West Frontier (1818 words) |
 | Orakzai was born in 1947 and was commissioned in the army in 1968. |
| Since Orakzai is considered a hardliner, as compared to former governor Khali-u-Rehman, the new appointment gives the impression that the federal government, instead of pursuing dialogue with the militants, is sticking with the military option. |
| Orakzai said that as a native of the tribal region and as the corps commander of Peshawar for two and a half years, he had observed that tribesmen were peace-loving people. |
| Orakzai - LoveToKnow 1911 (268 words) |
| ORAKZAI, a Pathan tribe on the Kohat border of the NorthWest Frontier Province of India. |
| The Orakzais inhabit the mountains to the north-west of Kohat district, bounded on the N. and E. by the Afridis, on the S. by the Miranzai valley and on the W. by the Zaimukht country and the Safed Koh mountains. |
| Their name means "lost tribes," and their origin is buried in obscurity; though they resemble the Afghans in language, features and many of their customs, they are rejected by them as brethren. |
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