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[[Image:Kabul, Peshawar, and some cities in Nangarhar, Afghanistan 6.png|thumb|left|300px|Border area including Peshawar]]
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'''Peshawar''' is a the capital of the [[North-West Frontier Province]] of [[Pakistan]] and the largest city of the Province.  The [[Federally Administered Tribal Area]] bordering Peshawar is the Khyber Agency, which, in turn, is adjacent to the  West Mohammad Agency to its North and Northwest and the Semi-tribal regions of Kohat and Peshawar to its South. The Afghan border is 40 km to the west.<ref name=Welcome>{{citation
| url = http://nwfp.gov.pk/AIS-page.php?DistId=20&DeptId=1&LanId=1&pageName=Main
| title = Welcome to Peshawar
| publisher = Department of Information Technology, North-West Frontier Province
}}</ref>It is strategically significant in the current Pakistani and cross-border insurgency.
 
It has a Pakistani population of 2.4 million, and 400,000 Afghans, spread over 1.257 square kilometers. <ref name=Welcome />
[[Image:Peshawar.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Peshawar city]]
[[Image:Peshawar.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Peshawar city]]
'''Peshawar''' is the capital of Pakistan's [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province, and it was the capital of the former [[North-West Frontier Province]]. In the 2000s, it had an estimated population of 2.4 million Pakistanis and 400,000 Afghans, spread over 1.257 square kilometres.


The city is in a sesmically active area and has suffered major earthquakes. <ref>{{citation
==Earthquake zone==
|title =A critical review of the seismic hazard zoning of peshawar and adjoining areas
The city is in a seismically active area and has suffered major earthquakes.<ref>{{citation |title=A Critical Review of the Seismic Hazard Zoning of Peshawar and Adjoining Areas |author=Ali Quaisar and Akhtar Naeem Khan |journal=Journal of Earthquake Engineering |year=2005 |volume=9 |issue=5 |pages=587-607 |url=http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=17101514}}</ref>
| author = Ali Quaisar, Akhtar Naeem Khan
| url = http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=17101514
| journal = Journal of Earthquake Engineering
| year = 2005 | volume = 9 | issue = 5 | pages = 587-607}}</ref>
 
 
 


==History==
==History==
It is over two centuries old, having been founded by the [[Kushan]] kings of Gandhara. Emperor [[Babar]], of the [[Moghul Empire]] came to Peshawar in 1530 AD.  
Peshawar was founded by the [[Kushan]] kings of Gandhara. Emperor [[Babur]] of the [[Moghul Empire]] came to Peshawar in 1530. The city's name is derived from a Sanskrit word 'Pushpapura', meaning the city of flowers, and its flowers were mentioned in Babar's memoirs.


The city name derives its name from a Sanskrit word 'Pushpapura' meaning the city of flowers, and its flowers were mentioned in Babar's memoirs.
==References-==
 
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During the Cold War, it was one of the airbases used by U.S. [[U-2 Dragon Lady]] aircraft for clandestine [[imagery intelligence|imagery]] and [[signals intelligence]] collection over the [[Soviet Union]].
==Security==
It is in the heart of the current insurgency.  There was a hotel bombing in June 2009, a suicide attack for which [[Tehrik-e-Taliban]] (TTP) claimed responsibility. "Anyone who will oppose us to please the Americans will face the same fate. The people favouring America are our enemies. Our aim is to enforce the Islamic law in the country" <ref name=TOI>{{citation
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistani-Taliban-claim-Peshawar-hotel-Lahore-mosque-blasts/articleshow/4650484.cms
| journal = Agence France Presse, Times of India
| date = June 10, 2009
| title = Pakistani Taliban claim Peshawar hotel, Lahore mosque blasts
}}</ref>
 
The Peshawar airport has been the target recently of [[Taliban]] rocket fire. <ref>{{citation
| title = Peshawar airport rocketed
| date = April 26, 2009
| journal = The Nation (Pakistan)
| url = http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/26-Apr-2009/Peshawar-airport-rocketed}}</ref>


==References-==
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Peshawar city

Peshawar is the capital of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and it was the capital of the former North-West Frontier Province. In the 2000s, it had an estimated population of 2.4 million Pakistanis and 400,000 Afghans, spread over 1.257 square kilometres.

Earthquake zone

The city is in a seismically active area and has suffered major earthquakes.[1]

History

Peshawar was founded by the Kushan kings of Gandhara. Emperor Babur of the Moghul Empire came to Peshawar in 1530. The city's name is derived from a Sanskrit word 'Pushpapura', meaning the city of flowers, and its flowers were mentioned in Babar's memoirs.

References-

  1. ↑ Ali Quaisar and Akhtar Naeem Khan (2005), "A Critical Review of the Seismic Hazard Zoning of Peshawar and Adjoining Areas", Journal of Earthquake Engineering 9 (5): 587-607
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