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Azam Warsak
Place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Azam Warsak is a village located in Birmil Tehsil in the Lower South Waziristan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. It is located approximately 20 kilometres west of the town of Wanna.[2][3] The village lies in area that is prone to cold weather in the winter.[4]
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Militancy
- In July 2008, a missile strike killed at least six people near the village.[5]
- In August 2011 a drone strike attacked two vehicles killing at least 4 alleged militants[6]
- In January 2013 senior Taliban Commander Maulvi Nazir was buried in Azam Warsak after being killed in a drone strike, reportedly 10,000 people attended his funeral.[7]
- In December 2022, militants suspected to be the Pakistani Taliban, attacked a girl's school - killing one person and wounding another.[8]
- In November 2024 militants attacked a government high school and detonated explosives after locking two members of staff inside the building.[9]
- In August 2025 militants destroyed a school and a bridge in two separate attacks on the same day.[10]
- In October 2025 Maulana Sakhi Wazir, a local JUI-F leader, narrow escaped being killed when an IED exploded in his mosque.[11]
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