Khar, Pakistan
خار, باجوڑ
Khar is a town of 10,000 people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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About Khar
Khar (Pashto: ښار, X̌ār), also spelled Khaar, is the headquarters of Bajaur District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Khar was one of the largest towns in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (merged into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018). It lies near the border with Afghanistan. The headquarters of the Bajaur Scouts are located in the town.
From the Wikipedia article Khar, Bajaur (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
History
On 30 October 2006, the Chenagai airstrike happened near Khar. Helicopter gunships fired missiles and destroyed an al-Qaeda-linked training facility and killed 80 local students in a northwestern tribal area near the Afghan border, in a madrassa.
On 30 January 2010, a young male suicide bomber wearing a burqa killed 16 people and himself at a security checkpoint at a bazaar.
On 25 December 2010, at least 40 people were killed and at least 50 others were injured in the early morning when an islamic extremist threw two hand grenades and detonated her explosive vest at a World Food Programme (WFP) distribution centre.
On 30 July 2023, an Islamic State – Khorasan Province suicide bomber killed over 60 people during the gathering of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl, an Islamist political party.
From the History section of Khar, Bajaur on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Saidu Sharif Airport (SDT) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 76 km away.
- Maimola 14 km southeast, about 14 min by car
- Inzari 15 km southwest, about 15 min by car
- Batwar Salarzai 21 km north, about 21 min by car
- Bat Khela 43 km east, about 43 min by car
- Tangi 50 km south, about 50 min by car
- Shabqadar 58 km south, about 58 min by car
- Charsadda 68 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Mingora 76 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Mardan 77 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Peshawar 81 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
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