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On 4 March 2022, the Islamic State – Khorasan Province attacked a Shia mosque at Qissa Khwani Bazaar in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The suicide attack, carried out by an Afghan man who was a long-term resident of Pakistan, killed at least 63 people and injured another 196.
Kucha or Kuche (also: Kuçar, Kuchar; Uyghur: كۇچار, Кучар; Chinese: 龜茲; pinyin: Qiūcí, Chinese: 庫車; pinyin: Kùchē; Sanskrit: 𑀓𑀽𑀘𑀻𑀦, romanized: Kūcīna) was an ancient Buddhist kingdom located on the branch of the Silk Road that ran along the northern edge of what is now the Taklamakan Desert in the Tarim Basin and south of the Muzat River.
Peshawar ( / pəˈʃɑːwər /; [8] Pashto: پېښور [peˈχəwər] ⓘ; Hindko: پشور; [pɪˈʃɔːɾ] ⓘ; Urdu: پشاور [pɪˈʃɑːʋər] ⓘ) is the sixth most populous city of Pakistan, with a population of over 4.7 million in the 2023 census. It is the capital of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where it is the largest city ...
The death toll from the suicide attack on a Shia mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, during Friday prayers on March 4, rose to 62 on Saturday, The Nation reported.At least 194 others were injured, local ...
Landlord. Ministry of Culture, Pakistan. Chowk Yadgar ( Urdu: چوک یادگار; “Memorial Square” ), formerly Hasting’s Memorial, [1] is a landmark in the old walled city of Peshawar. It is located at the convergence point of different major roads and bazaars of the old city. It is well-known as the center of hawala business in Peshawar.
The history of Peshawar is intertwined with the history of the broader Indian subcontinent. The region was known as Puruṣapura in Sanskrit, literally meaning "city of men". [a] Being among the most ancient cities of the Indian subcontinent, Peshawar has for centuries been a center of trade between West Asia, Central Asia, and the Indian ...
Iqra National University (Formerly Peshawar Campus of Iqra University KPK) Qurtuba University. Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology. CECOS University of IT and Emerging Sciences. Preston University. City University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar. Frontier Women University.
The Valley of Peshawar ( Pashto: د لوی پېښور وادي; Urdu: وادئ پشاور ), or Peshawar Basin, historically known as the Gandhara Valley, is a broad area situated in the central part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The valley is 7,176 km 2 (2,771 sq mi) in area, and is traversed by the Kabul River.