Official Name: | Haider Khel |
Native Name: | حیدر خیل |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | FATA#Pakistan |
Coordinates: | 32.9449°N 70.296°W |
Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil |
Subdivision Name3: | Mir Ali |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | North Waziristan |
Subdivision Type1: | Territory |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1910 |
Founder: | Haji Mir Zali Khan |
Leader Title: | Councillor |
Leader Name: | Malik Muhammad Noor Khan |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Muhammad Rafiq Nasar Khel |
Elevation M: | 460 |
Population Total: | 10,001 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Timezone: | PST |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 28191 |
Area Code: | 0092-928 |
Haider Khel is a village in North Waziristan, Pakistan, 50sigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 to the east of Bannu, lying close to the border with Afghanistan.[2] Its inhabitants are mainly Pashtun-speaking Dawaris[3] [4]
Haider Khel was founded in 1910, by Haji Mirzali Khan.
In 1896, during the Tochi Expedition, the British set up a military post in the village as part of its defences against raids from the Waziris.[5]