[3] Badaber currently hosts a refugee camp and formerly was the location of a military prison, established in February 1980.

[4] Neighbouring villages include: Sheikh Mohammadi, Darra, Bazi Khel, Kaga Wala and Masho Gagar.

It was from here that the 1960 Gary Powers U-2 mission was coordinated and launched with the purpose of spying on the Soviet Union.

Today, the facility (PAF Camp Badaber) serves as a non-flying base for the Pakistan Air Force.

[5][6][7] In 2023 the Eurasian Times reported that, since 2021, sixty-five U.S. Air Force personnel were stationed at Camp Badaber.