Wāṇa or Wanna ( Pashto : واڼه , Wāṇə [ˈwɑɳə] ; Urdu : وانا ) is the largest town in the South Waziristan District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan . It is the summer headquarters for the agency's administration, Tank located in the neighbouring Tank District being the winter headquarters.
6-574: [REDACTED] Look up wanna in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wanna may refer to: Places Wanna, Pakistan , a city in South Waziristan, Pakistan Wanna, Germany Other Wanna (Dune) , a minor character from Frank Herbert's novel Dune "Wanna" (song) , a single by Korean girl group Kara. Relaxed pronunciation of "want to" or "want a" Topics referred to by
12-739: A cantonment on the Wanna Plain which was used as a headquarters by the British forces in South Waziristan till the partition of India in 1947 . During their rule, the Pashtun tribes of Waziristan - part of the Karlanri Tribal Confederation - gave the British much headache. In fact, the British, known then as the 'foreigners' , had to deal with a full-fledged insurgency in Waziristan in the 1930s. At one point during
18-530: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Wanna, Pakistan Wanna is also one of the three subdivisions of South Waziristan along with Ladha and Sarwakai . The subdivision of Wanna is further divided into three tehsils: Wanna, Barmal, and Toi Khwla. During the British Empire , beginning in the late 19th century, the British established
24-782: The 1930s, the British had up to 18,000 troops in and around Waziristan, with Wanna being used as the forward headquarters and airbase. During 1989, the city underwent a striking increase in Malaria with a village Azam Warsak suffering the most. Wanna has been involved in the War on Terror due to the Al-Qaeda members affiliated with the Taliban -aligned Ahmadzai Waziris of the Wanna Plain. The Pakistan Armed forces have been conducted several armed operations against these Al-Qaeda members since August 2003 off and on with limited success. Perhaps
30-446: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Wanna . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wanna&oldid=1087910842 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
36-702: The town's most violent incident in the War on Terror was the Battle of Wanna which took place in March 2004 and included fighters from the Pakistani Army against Al-Qaeda and Taliban forces. More than 100 armed personnel were killed during the week of the fighting. Inhabitants of Wanna are Muslim Pashtuns , primarily Ahmedzai Waziris from the Wazir tribe but other Pashtun tribes such as Mahsud and Bettani also live in
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