Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Proper noun
Meaning
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
A former administrative region in Pakistan located between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and Afghanistan, now part of the former.
Examples
Armed conflict began in 2004, when tensions, rooted in the Pakistan Army 's search for al-Qaeda fighters in Pakistan's mountainous Waziristan area (in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas ), escalated into armed resistance.
On the other hand, both Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan and Jamat ul Ahrar Tehreek e Taliban groups have claimed responsibility on the Pakistani security personnel camp in Kurram Agency, one of the Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
It began in 2004 when tensions rooted in the Pakistani Army's search for al-Qaeda members in Pakistan's mountainous Waziristan area (in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas ) escalated into armed resistance by local tribesmen.
There are representatives from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and from Islamabad Capital Territory.
The northwestern Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) border Afghanistan and have been difficult to control for years.