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Ghozgarhy

settlement area in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ55612629 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ghozgarhy, Ghoz Garhi, or Ghozgarhi is a Pakistani village and area located in Upper Kurram, Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The population is 7,349 according to the 2017 census. Ghozgarhy is located near the border of Pakistan with Paktia, Afghanistan. It is a Sunni village.

History

In November 2017, a US drone strike was carried out on a house in Ghozgarhy. This action was condemned by the Foreign Office. Four people were killed in this strike.

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The public source identifies “Ghozgarhy” as settlement area in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ghozgarhy, settlement and area.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2017—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ghozgarhy, settlement and area providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q55612629. Authority coordinates are 33.783, 70.000. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2017.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ghozgarhy” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.