South Waziristan
The South Waziristan's Agency has its district headquarters at Wana.
South Waziristan, comprising about 6,500 square kilometres (2,500 sq mi), is the most volatile agency of Pakistan. Not under the direct administration of the government of Pakistan, South Waziristan is indirectly governed by a political agent, who has been either an outsider or a Waziri—a system inherited from the British Raj.
In south Waziristan Agency, there are three tribes, Wazir, Mahsud and Burki.
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