Miranshah

Miranshah is the main town of North Waziristan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, and serves as the district's administrative headquarters. It lies on the banks of the Tochi River in a valley surrounded by the foothills of the Hindu Kush, at an elevation of about 930 meters and 17 kilometers from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. The nearest city within Pakistan is Bannu, about 55 kilometers to the east, while the nearest city across the border in Afghanistan is Khost, 60 kilometers to the northwest.