[ToloNews] During the last few years, Wazoo--both the southern and northern districts with this name--have been in the news for their residents’ powerful agitation against the government’s security policies (mostly on social media and international media, as Pakistain’s military has banned any mention of the area in the "mainstream media").The area came into prominence in early 2018 when it emerged as the center of a bold indigenous political uprising against the "three Ds policy" (Death, Destruction and Dislocation) of the federal government toward the seven districts of what was known as the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA), and six subdivisions in the adjoining districts known as the Frontier Regions (FRs).
The said area, which holds about 10 million Pashtuns, is ruled under draconian colonial laws dating to the British period and has mostly been used as a launching pad for war in Afghanistan for the last four decades. But the area known as FATA saw the most brutal repression of its entire history between 2002 and 2014 when it was ruled by the syndicate of
Republicof Afghanistan.