Eidak (also known as Idak,
Pashto: ادک or عیدک) is a village in
North Waziristan,
Pakistan, to the east of
Bannu
Bannu ( ps, بنو, translit=banū ; ur, , translit=bannū̃, ) is a city located on the Kurram River in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the capital of Bannu Division. Bannu's residents are primarily members of the Banuchi tribe ...
, lying close to the border with
Afghanistan. Its inhabitants are mainly Pashtun-speaking
Dawaris.
History
Eidak 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
The Wazirs or Waziris ( ps, وزير) are a Karlani Pashtun tribe found mainly in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region of North waziristan, South Waziristan and Bannu Ahmadzai Wazir (Domel) and Utmanzai wazir (Baka Khel and Jani Khel) The Utmanz ...
.
War in Waziristan
As part of the ongoing
War in Waziristan
The insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, also known as the War in North-West Pakistan or Pakistan's war on terror, is an ongoing armed conflict involving Pakistan, and Islamist militant groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Junda ...
, the region has become swallowed up by conflicts between
Taliban-aligned groups and the Pakistani government. In 2009, it was reported that a prominent independent militia group led by Maulana Manzoor Dawar had its support base in the village. The group was said to have had around 300 members and had much foreign support to the dismay of other militias in the area.
Operation Zarb-e-Azb
In June 2014,
Pakistani government forces launched an offensive (
Operation Zarb-e-Azb
Operation Zarb-e-Azb (Pashto/ ur, ALA-LC: ) was a joint military offensive conducted by the Pakistan Armed Forces against various militant groups, including the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the Eas ...
) against extremist groups which had infiltrated the region. As a result of the conflict, many peoples of
North Waziristan were displaced from their lands and migrated towards
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Due to local co-operation with the military, in July 2015, villagers were allowed to return to their homes once the local threat had been neutralised.
References
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Populated places in North Waziristan