Karakhela or Kara khel '
'' is a village about kilometre from West of
Parachinar
Parachinar ( ps, پاړه چنار; ur, ) is a small Pashtun ( Turi and Bangash tribe) town which is the capital of Kurram District in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Parachinar is situated on a neck of Pakistani territory west ...
City and about 10 kilometers to the East Pak Afghan Border, the famous
Durand Line
The Durand Line ( ps, د ډیورنډ کرښه; ur, ), forms the Pakistan–Afghanistan border, a international land border between Pakistan and Afghanistan in South Asia. The western end runs to the border with Iran and the eastern end to th ...
. According to the Census of Pakistan, 2017 Village
List Karakhela has 3,934 personal population with 389 houses. The District Kurram was known as Kurram Agency,
Federally Administered Tribal Area Pakistan. The Famous
Shalozan is on north and
Nastikot village is in South.Popular native plant is Elaeagnus angustifolia commonly known as silver berry or Russian olives(Sinzalay). Karakhela used to have a gross production of Artemisia kurramensis(Tharkha). Which is a medicinal plant broadly used in medicine. Literacy rate is inclining now. Village Karakhela have produced several Engineers, Army officers and few doctors as well. Pure drinking water is a problem in whole district kurram but village Karakhela is suffering far worse since ages. Government really need to focus on this village.
Shafique Ahmed Turi blogger from Parachinar kurram agency an
Social Media Activistalso belongs to village Karakhela. Ahmed Turi is son o
Maulana Yousuf Hussain Kashfifamous Maulana in the Area.
References
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Populated places in Kurram District