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In [[Pakistan]], the '''Northwest Frontier Province''' is a semi-autonomous area which is bordered on to the north by Afghanistan and west by the also semi-autonomous [[Federally Administered Tribal Area]]. Its capital is [[Peshawar]].
{{Image|NWFP FATA.png|right|550px|The green portion of this map is the NWFP, while the blue is the FATA}}
{{Image|NWFP FATA.png|right|550px|The green portion of this map is the NWFP, while the blue is the FATA}}
 
In [[Pakistan]], the '''Northwest Frontier Province''' is a semi-autonomous area which is bordered on to the north by Afghanistan and west by the also semi-autonomous [[Federally Administered Tribal Area]]. Its capital is [[Peshawar]] and the inhabitants are largely [[Pashtun]].
The inhabitants are largely [[Pashtun]], with ethnic ties across the border into [[Afghanistan]], making the international border only a concept to tribes. Nevertheless, the area is not all Pashtun; when, in May 2008, the government renamed NWFP the Pukhtunkhwa (Land of the Pashtuns), other groups resented it.
 
Swat Valley, where the most intense fighting in May 2009 is taking place, is in the north-central part of the NWFP.

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The green portion of this map is the NWFP, while the blue is the FATA

In Pakistan, the Northwest Frontier Province is a semi-autonomous area which is bordered on to the north by Afghanistan and west by the also semi-autonomous Federally Administered Tribal Area. Its capital is Peshawar and the inhabitants are largely Pashtun.

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