Bara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Bara (Pashto: باړه; Urdu: باڑہ) is a town located in Bara Tehsil in the Khyber District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

The town has a fort built by British Raj and supplied water to Peshawar.

[3] The town is ethnically Pashtuns, and has been the site of increasing militancy by Lashkar-e-Islam against the central government.

[6] The mud fort is visible on Google Earth at 33° 54' 53" by 71° 28' 05", lying alongside a water tank and the Bara River which eventually flows to the East of Peshawar.

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