[2] Parachinar is situated on the west of Peshawar, that juts into the Paktia, Logar and Nangarhar provinces of Afghanistan.

The British soldier and historian C. M. Enriquez described the early history of Parachinar in his book The Pathan Borderland.

In terms of distribution, the ancient Poplar tree and the surrounding land belonged to the Parakhel tribe.

During the wheat harvest, tents were pitched here, and in the shade of this poplar tree, jirgas and consultations were held.

[citation needed] From the British side, the camp was attended by Sir Mortimer Durand and Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum, assistant political agent, Khyber Agency.

Snow closes the Peiwar Pass, located on the Paktia border just over 20 km west of Parachinar, for up to five months per year.