Shahgai

Shahgai
Shahgai railway station
Shahgai railway station
Shahgai is located in FATA
Shahgai
Shahgai
Location within FATA
Shahgai is located in Pakistan
Shahgai
Shahgai
Location within Pakistan
Coordinates: 34°01′02″N 71°16′48″E / 34.01722°N 71.28000°E / 34.01722; 71.28000
Country Pakistan
Region Federally Administered Tribal Areas
DistrictKhyber Agency
TehsilJamrud
Population
 (2017)
 • Total
2,744

Shahgai is a region in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas. It was merged into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018.

A fortress was built by British forces in 1927 to oversee the Khyber Pass and house the Khyber Rifles. It still stands today and is used by the Pakistan Army.

Between 2002 and 2003, Canadian Ahmed Khadr was asked to organise militants operating near the border of Shahgai, and he subsequently asked his son Abdullah and Hamza al-Jowfi to help him procure weapons. He clashed with Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi, arguing that guerrilla tactics would prove more useful than frontline battle.

Pakistani forces shelled the village in September 2008.

References

  1. ↑ "Population and Household Detail from Block to District Level: FATA (Khyber Agency)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-02. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  2. ↑ "Extending Constitutional Rights to Pakistan's Tribal Areas". United States Institute of Peace. Archived from the original on April 6, 2021. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  3. ↑ "Shagai fort, Pakistan".
  4. 1 2 Shephard, Michelle. Guantanamo's Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr. New York:John Wiley & Sons, 2008. ISBN 0-470-84117-6.
  5. ↑ Hughes, Gregory T. USA vs. Khadr affidavit Archived 2009-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, November 23, 2005
  6. ↑ "Forces regain control of Khar". The Nation (Pakistan). 10 September 2008. Retrieved 2019-11-28.