South Waziristan is a mountainous area of North-Western part of Pakistan. It borders with Afghanista South Waziristan is the largest agency of FATA.
It borders with Afghanistan and covers an area of approximately 6,620 square kilometers. Waziristan is divided into two agencies for administrative purposes (South and North). It comprises the area west and south west of Peshawar between the Touchi River to the north and the Gomal River to the south. The Agency is divided into three administrative sub divisions: Sarwakai, Ladha and lower form of W
ana. Although there are five tribes in the region, but the most prominent are two tribes namely the Mehsud and the Ahmadzai Wazir (or in short Wazir). Another famous tribe is the Burki tribe, but they are very few in numbers in this region. These tribes are futher sub-branched into numerous small tribal clans, but most of them share common or at-least similar characteristics. From a historical perspective, the people of this region have been very brave. The great fighter Alexander the great, was also not able to succeed and conquer this region. Even the Britishers were not able to take over the area. The British rulers named this area as “Hell’s door knocker”, because of its frightening character of local fighters and hostile territory. An interesting fact about this region is that no has ever directly governed this area. According to history both the Wazir and Mehsud tribes lived an independent life and were never governed by any government or king. There are different Jirgas which operate in various regions of South Waziristan. The members of these Jirgas are local tribesmen. Any conflict in the community and all kinds of juridical decisions are taken by the Jirga members.
