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guerrilla warfare against the
British Empire. In 1938, he
shifted from Ipi to
Gurwek, a
remote village in
north Waziristan on the
border with Afghanistan, where...
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Gūrwēk (Urdu: گورویک, Pashto: ګوروېک) is a town in
North Waziristan in the
Federally Administered Tribal Areas of ****stan, on the
border with Afghanistan...
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headquarters of
Gurwek and
asked ****stan to
accept Pashtunistan as an
independent state. He
published a Pashto-language newspaper, Ghāzī, from
Gurwek to promote...
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leader Mirzali Khan (Faqir of Ipi) was
based in
Gurwek, but also hid for a long time in Razmak.
Gurwek is a
remote village in
Waziristan on the border...
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British forces in Waziristan. In 1938,
Mirzali Khan
shifted from Ipi to
Gurwek, a
remote village on the
Durand Line,
where he
declared an
independent state...
- Pashtunistan.
Faqir established Gurwek as
headquarters for his activities.
Faqir also
established a
rifle factory in
Gurwek with the
material support provided...
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their guerrilla war
against the new state's
government from
their base in
Gurwek, Waziristan,
receiving support from the
Afghan government, but they did...
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their guerilla war
against the ****stani
government from
their base in
Gurwek. In 1960,
Afghan Prime Minister Mohammed Daoud Khan sent the
Afghan military...
- campaign. In the 20th century,
Mirzali Khan (Faqir of Ipi),
although based in
Gurwek,
North Waziristan, had also many
followers from
South Waziristan. The Agency...
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Miramshah airbase and
heavily bombarded the
Faqir of Ipi's
compound in
Gurwek ultimately causing the
effective end of
Waziristan rebellion (1948-1954)...
