Northwest Pakistan borders the FATA to the west and the Wakhan Corridor to the north.
The region has a varied landscape including rugged mountains, valleys, hills and dense agricultural farms. There are a number of Buddhist archaeological sites from the Gandhara civilisation such as Takht Bhai and Pushkalavati. There are a number of other Buddhist and Hindu archaeological sites including Bala Hisar Fort, Butkara Stupa, Kanishka stupa, Chakdara, Panjkora Valley and Sehri Bahlol.
. . . Northwest Pakistan . . .
- 1 Peshawar – the capital city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the cultural centre of the region, and the focal point of Pashtun culture. It was the birthplace of the Taliban and is in the midst of an ideological struggle between moderates and extremists.
- 1 Abbottabad – a military garrison city, obtaining infamy as the place where Osama bin Laden had been hiding for much of the time following the US invasion of Afghanistan until his death during a raid on his compound by U.S. Navy SEALs.
- 1 Charsadda
- 1 Dir
- 1 Mardan
- 1 Mingora
- 1 Naran
- 1 Shabqadar
. . . Northwest Pakistan . . .
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