Makeen

Makeen or Makin is a city in the Pakistani region of South Waziristan.

The area around Makeen is affected by the conflict in North-West Pakistan and was a stronghold of the Tehrik -i - Taliban Pakistan ( TTP).

On 8 October 2011, shortly after midnight, attacked about 100 to 150 fighters of the TTP to a base of the Pakistani armed forces in Makeen. Here, about 20 people lost their lives.