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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 798 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BUNER , a valley on the See also:

PESHAWAR

Peshawar border of the See also:

North-See also:

West Frontier See also:

Province of See also:

India . It is a small See also:

mountain valley, dotted with villages and divided into seven sub-divisions . The See also:

Mora Hills and the Ilam range See also:

DIVIDE

divide it from See also:

SWAT

Swat, the Sinawar range from See also:

YUSAFZAI

Yusafzai, the Guru mountains from the Chamla valley, and the Duma range from the Puran Valley . It is in-habited by the Iliaszai and Malizai divisions of the See also:

PATHAN

Pathan tribe of Yusafzais, who are called after their See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country the Bunerwals . There is no finer See also:

RACE

race on the north-west frontier of India than the Bunerwals . See also:

SIMPLE

Simple and austere in their habits, religious and truthful in their ways, hospitable to all who seek shelter amongst them, See also:

FREE

free from See also:

SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret assassinations, they are See also:

bright examples of the Pathan See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character at its best . They are a powerful and warlike tribe, numbering 8000 fighting men . The Umbeyla Expedition of 1863 under See also:

Sir See also:

Neville See also:

Chamberlain was occasioned by the Bunerwals siding with the See also:

Hindostani Fanatics, who had settled down at Malka in their territory . In the end the Bunerwals were subdued by a force of 9000 See also:

BRITISH

British troops, and Malka was destroyed, but they made so fierce a resistance, in particular in their attack upon the " See also:

CRAG (a Celtic word, cf. Gael. creag, Manx creg, and Welsh and modern Scots craig)

Crag " See also:

PICKET, PIQUET

picket, that the See also:

INDIAN

Indian See also:

MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal with a clasp for " Umbeyla" was granted in 1869 to the survivors of the expedition . The See also:

government of India refrained from interfering with the tribe again until the Buner See also:

CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1897 under Sir Bindon See also:

BLOOD

Blood . Many Bunerwals took See also:

PART

part in the attack of the Swatis on the Malakand fort, and a force of 3000 British troops was sent to punish them; but the tribe made only a feeble resistance at the passes into their country, and speedily handed in the arms demanded of them and made See also:

COMPLETE

complete submission .

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BY IJAZ ALI KHAN <CHANAR DAGGAR: At least 40 people killed and 70 other injured when a suicide bomber exploded his car near a polling station in Shalbandi village of Buner in North West Pakistan. Eye witnesses say that a suicide bomber rammed his car into the building of a government middle school, resulting into a powerful explosion that killed 40 people. “It was 10:35 in the morning when the explosion occurred. Hundreds of people were gathered at the school to cast their votes in the interim elections. The explosion also destroyed nearby markets and houses and 3 children were killed out of shock”, Sher Zada Khan, a local resident said. Officials of DHQ Hospital informed that above 70 people had been admitted to the emergency ward of the hospitals and many of them were in serious condition. Taliban Spokesman Haji Muslim Khan has accepted the responsibility for the suicide attack and said that it was Taliban revenge against the killing of 6 militants by the residents of Shalbandi village. Talking to Media in Mingora Muslim Khan said that any one opposing Taliban movement would face the same consequences. Sardar Babak, NWFP minister for education told reporters in Buner, that killing people in the name of religion was totally against the tenets of Islam and Pashtun traditions. It may be recalled that in August a tribal Lashkar of Buner residents had killed 6 militants affiliated with Taliban movement in exchange of fire.

Buner is one of the most beautiful and historical place in NWFP Pakistan. Shahzad Khan

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