Peshawar borders Pakistan's volatile tribal areas, where many of the country's militants are based.
In Waziristan, as in most of the tribal areas, there is no written land register.
The population ebbs and flows depending on the military operations in the tribal areas.
They developed ties with the Taliban in Pakistan's tribal areas, especially in North and South Waziristan.
The army has several anti-militant operations ongoing in the tribal areas close to the Afghan border.
Upper Dir, which lies just outside Pakistan's volatile tribal areas, is regularly targeted by insurgents.
If Pakistan is serious about defeating the Taliban, the tribal areas must be somewhat tamed.
Siddique Khan and Tanweer test-detonated a 300-gram hydrogen peroxide mixture in the tribal areas.
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The army has carried out several offensives in Pakistan's tribal areas, including Khyber, in the past.
There is little grand politics here and no airport fiction fare about terrorists or tribal areas.
One, Abdul Basit Usman, may have been killed in a recent drone attack in Pakistan's tribal areas.
All Pakistani leaders publicly oppose missile strikes by U.S. drone aircraft against suspected militants in Pakistan's tribal areas.
Its hands are full tackling the Taliban and al-Qaeda in the tribal areas of the country abutting Afghanistan.
In 2006, similar gestures of appeasement were negotiated with Taliban in the tribal areas on the Afghan border.
What about travel to the tribal areas of Pakistan, where the Times Square bomber traveled and received training?
The JUI contests elections in the tribal areas, and is a coalition partner of the ruling Pakistan People's Party.
The area concerned comprises the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
While a New York Times reporter, he was held hostage in the tribal areas of Pakistan by the Taliban.
The Pakistanis are going after some of these operatives in the tribal areas.
The foundation's own poll in the tribal areas last year found only 16% believe the drones accurately target militants.
Drone attacks frequently target Pakistan's restive tribal areas, where many insurgents seek refuge.
Government leaders are talking about putting more emphasis on negotiating with militants, particularly the Taliban in the tribal areas.
Strikes by American drone aircraft against suspected extremists in Pakistan's tribal areas make a mockery of the country's sovereignty.
The others are districts in the Balochistan Province, in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
After Vinas started cooperating, he provided "extremely helpful information" in targeting al Qaeda operatives in the tribal areas of Pakistan.
The best guess remains that bin Laden and al-Zawahiri are hiding somewhere in the tribal areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
The tribal areas in the northeast of Pakistan are recognized as a separate entity where normal laws do not apply.
The following year, he failed to show up to his court hearing, suggesting he may have slipped into tribal areas.
With rough control over the tribal areas, the army could do a better job of quelling jihadist raids into Afghanistan.
The maliki system, reinforced by the draconian Frontier Crimes Regulation, still the only law in the tribal areas, worked remarkably well.
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