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Peshawar

[ pe-shah-wer ]

noun

  1. a city in N Pakistan, near the Khyber Pass: capital of the former North-West Frontier province.


Peshawar

/ pəˈʃɔːə /

noun

  1. a city in N Pakistan, at the E end of the Khyber Pass: one of the oldest cities in Pakistan and capital of the ancient kingdom of Gandhara; university (1950). Pop: 1 255 000 (2005 est)


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The post Man accused of harassing girl in US arrested in Peshawar appeared first on ARY NEWS.

Uzbeks were responsible for a recent attack on Karachi airport, he said, and “it looks like of the attack in Peshawar is same.”

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Half a dozen men sit on the floor in a grimy rented storefront in the crowded Khyber Bazaar.

Dostum fled the country to Pakistan, where he lived in exile in Peshawar.

On May 1, 1960, a U-2 spy plane operated by the CIA took off from an airbase in Peshawar, Pakistan.

In the interview Tuesday with Libyan television, Tantoush said his work in Peshawar was entirely humanitarian.

Even the longest journey must come to an end at last, and early in November I reached Peshawar.

With my Father at Peshawar It was a great advantage as well as a great pleasure to me to be with my father at this time.

Peshawar, too, notwithstanding its unhealthiness, was a favourite station with officers.

The letter ran; 'In whatever way you can manage it, come into Peshawar on the 21st instant.

Accordingly, two columns were employed, the base of one being in the Peshawar valley, and that of the other in Hazara.

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