Badaber

Badaber currently hosts an Afghan refugee camp and formerly was the location of a military prison, established in February 1980. Neighbouring villages include: Sheikh Mohammadi, Darra, Bazi Khel, Kaga Wala and Masho Gagar. The village is inhabited by various Pashtun tribes, most notably the Momand, Hoorizai and Khalil. == Significance ==

Badaber is most famously known for hosting a former United States Air Force–Central Intelligence Agency facility, which was established in 1958 and administered by the American National Security Agency during the Cold War. It was from here that the 1960 Gary Powers U-2 mission was coordinated and launched to spy on the Soviet Union. At the peak of its Western Bloc operations, over 1000 American personnel were stationed here. Today, the facility (PAF Camp Badaber) serves as a non-flying base for the Pakistan Air Force. In 2023 the Eurasian Times reported that, since 2021, sixty-five U.S. Air Force personnel were stationed at Camp Badaber. == Administrative Area ==

Badaber is part of Pakistan National Assembly constituency NA-4 (Peshawar-4); some parts of Badaber come under the PF-10 (Peshawar-10) and PF-11 (Peshawar-11) constituencies of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly. == Educational Facilities ==

Government Degree College Badaber, Peshawar is located in the village. == Notable people ==

• Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan, escaped from a prisoner of war camp in Italy on his third attempt during World War II, later became President of Pakistan == See also ==