Datakhel
{{Short description|Town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan}}
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| native_name = {{Nastaliq|دته خېل}}
| settlement_type = Town
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| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Federally Administered Tribal Areas}}
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = North Waziristan
| subdivision_type3 = Tehsil
| subdivision_name3 = Datta Khel
| population_total = 1,037
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Datakhel ({{Langx|ps|دته خېل}}) or Datta Khel is a town in North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.{{cite news|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/197519-fata-official-merged-with-kp-as-president-mamnoon-signs|title=President signs amendment bill, merging FATA with KP|work=Geo News|access-date=2018-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615190747/https://www.geo.tv/latest/197519-fata-official-merged-with-kp-as-president-mamnoon-signs|archive-date=2018-06-15|language=en-US}}{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1409710|title=National Assembly green-lights Fata-KP merger by passing 'historic' bill|last=Dawn.com|first=Amir Wasim|date=2018-05-24|work=DAWN.COM|access-date=2018-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618113018/https://www.dawn.com/news/1409710|archive-date=2018-06-18|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/in-pakistans-tribal-areas-collective-punishment-is-the-law-of-the-land/|title=In Pakistan’s Tribal Areas, Collective Punishment Is the Law of the Land|last=Farooq|first=Umar|date=2017-12-06|work=The Nation|access-date=2018-06-26|language=en-US|issn=0027-8378|archive-date=2018-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626192742/https://www.thenation.com/article/in-pakistans-tribal-areas-collective-punishment-is-the-law-of-the-land/|url-status=dead}}
It is part of Datta Khel Tehsil of North Waziristan district.{{cite web|url=http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/fata/NOR_WAZIRISTAN_AGENCY_SUMMARY.pdf|title=DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP - North Waziristan|website=www.pbscensus.gov.pk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627090025/http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/fata/NOR_WAZIRISTAN_AGENCY_SUMMARY.pdf|archive-date=2018-06-27|access-date=2018-06-26}}
Overview and history
Datakhel is located around 41 km South West of near by towns of Miran Shan and 21 km of Boya in North Wizaristan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fwo.com.pk/projects/ongoing-projects/highways/550-miranshah-boya-datta-khel-roads|title=Miranshah - Boya - Datta Khel Roads|last=Frontier Works Organization, Pakistan|website=www.fwo.com.pk|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627082515/https://www.fwo.com.pk/projects/ongoing-projects/highways/550-miranshah-boya-datta-khel-roads|archive-date=2018-06-27|access-date=2018-06-27}}{{cite book|title=History of the 5th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles: 1849–1926|last=Col. H. C. Wylly|publisher=Andrews UK Limited, 2011|year=2011|isbn=9781781493311|pages=60}}{{cite book|title=Fighting Through to Kohima: A Memoir of War in India and Burma|last=Michael Lowry|publisher=Casemate Publishers|year=2009|isbn=9781844158027|pages=53}} According to the 2017 census, the population of Datakhel, is 1037 with total number of household stands at 171.
On Sept 25, 2008, as an indication of escalating tensions between nations, Pakistani forces fired warning shots at American aircraft after they crossed into Pakistan's territory in the area of Saidgai, in North Waziristan's Datakhel region.
On March 17, 2011, a US airstrike that killed 44 people in the city led to widespread condemnation in Pakistan.{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-03/17/c_13784458.htm |title=80 people reportedly killed in US drone strike in Pakistan|access-date=17 March 2011|date=17 March 2011|publisher=Xinhua|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318184609/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-03/17/c_13784458.htm|archive-date=18 March 2011|url-status=dead}}
See also
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External links
{{Commons Category|Data Khil|Data Khel}}
Category:Populated places in North Waziristan
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