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Kurram (Urdu: کرم
) tribal agency is located in the FATA area of Pakistan.
The Kurram District is part of the Peshāwar Division of the Northwest
Frontier Province of Pakistan. The Kurram River drains the southern flanks
of the Safed Koh mountain range, and enters the Indus plains north of
Bannu. It crosses the Afghan-Pakistan border about 80 km southwest of
Jalalabad, and joins the Indus near Isa Khel after a course of more than
320 km (200 miles). The district has an area of 3,310 km² (1,278 sq.
miles); pop. approx. 300,000. It lies between the Miranzai Valley and the
Afghan border, and is inhabited by the Turis, a tribe of Turki and
Parthian origin who are supposed to have subjugated the Bangash Pathans
about six hundred years ago.
It is highly irrigated, well peopled, and crowded with small fortified
villages, orchards and groves, to which a fine background is afforded by
the dark pine forests and alpine snows of the Safed Koh. The beauty and
climate of the valley attracted some of the Mogul emperors of Delhi, and
the remains exist of a garden planted by Shah Jahan.
The Kurram River crosses the Afghan-Pakistan border
about 80 km southwest of Jalalabad and in ancient times offered the most
direct route to Kabul and Gardez, but the route crossed the Peiwar Pass
3,439 m (11,283 ft) high, just over 20 km west of Parachinar, which was
blocked by snow for several months of the year.
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