Dargai

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Dargai is the name of a mountain peak and a frontier train station in north-west Pakistan. The mountain peak is situated on the Samana Range, and the Kohat border, and is famous for the stand made there by the Afridis and Orakzai in the Tirah Campaign. Dargai station is situated on the Peshawar border, and is the terminus of the frontier railway running from Nowshera to the Malakand Pass. A hydroelectric powerplant of 81 MW capacity is currently under construction in Dargaii.

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