Daggar (Daggar)
Daggar (ډګر, ) or Dagar is the capital of Buner District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at 34.51139°N, 72.48389°W and has an average elevation of 688 metres (2260 feet). Daggar is also an administrative unit (Union council) of Buner District.
In April 2009 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan from neighbouring areas entered the district following a peace deal with the government in Swat, Taliban fighters took over government buildings and killed those who resisted. On 22 April 2009, the Taliban took over the town forcing the police to retreat to their stations while they looted aid agency offices. However, on 29 April 2009, the troops of Pakistan Army were deployed in the town as part of an effort to drive out Taliban militants from Buner.
In April 2009 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan from neighbouring areas entered the district following a peace deal with the government in Swat, Taliban fighters took over government buildings and killed those who resisted. On 22 April 2009, the Taliban took over the town forcing the police to retreat to their stations while they looted aid agency offices. However, on 29 April 2009, the troops of Pakistan Army were deployed in the town as part of an effort to drive out Taliban militants from Buner.
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Pakistan is the site of several ancient cultures, including the 8,500-year-old Neolithic site of Mehrgarh in Balochistan, the Indus Valley civilisation of the Bronze Age, the most extensive of the civilisations of the Afro-Eurasia, and the ancient Gandhara civilization. The region that comprises the modern state of Pakistan was the realm of multiple empires and dynasties, including the Achaemenid; briefly that of Alexander the Great; the Seleucid, the Maurya, the Kushan, the Gupta; the Umayyad Caliphate in its southern regions, the Hindu Shahis, the Ghaznavids, the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughals, the Durranis, the Omani Empire, the Sikh Empire, British East India Company rule, and most recently, the British Indian Empire from 1858 to 1947.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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PKR | Pakistani rupee | ₨ | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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EN | English language |
PA | Panjabi language |
PS | Pashto language |
SD | Sindhi language |
UR | Urdu |