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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 302 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WANA , a valley and frontier outpost of See also:

Waziristan in the See also:North-See also:West Frontier See also:Province of See also:India. It lies to the west of the Mahsud See also:country, and to the north of the See also:Gomal See also:river, and is inhabited by the Waziri tribe. Lying on the border of See also:Afghanistan, it is conveniently placed for dominating Waziristan on the north and the Gomal Pass on the See also:south, and occupies very much the same strategic position as the See also:Zhob valley holds in See also:Baluchistan. It forms the end of the See also:chain of outposts extending from See also:Quetta to Waziristan, and can be supported either from India by the Gomal Pass or from Quetta by the Zhob valley. In 1894, when the Indo-Afghan boundary See also:commission was delimiting the Waziri border, the Mahsud Waziris, thinking their See also:independence to be threatened, made a See also:night attack on the See also:camp of the commission at Wana. The result was the Waziristan Expedition of the same See also:year, and the occupation of Wana by See also:British troops. On the formation of the North-West Frontier Province in 1901 it was decided to replace the troops by See also:militia, and Wana was handed over to them in 1904. It is now the headquarters of the See also:political agency of See also:Southern Waziristan.

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