Talash Tehsil

The area of Talash has historically been part of the broader Dir region, which was a princely state until its merger with Pakistan in 1969. Lower Dir District was formed in 1996 when the former Dir District was divided into Upper and Lower Dir.^[1]

In December 2022, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government notified the creation of a new tehsil named Talash, comprising 20 village councils and four union councils (Noorakhel, Shahikhel, Dushkhel, and Bandagai), based on the 2017 census boundaries.^[2] This decision fulfilled a longstanding local demand and was announced by the then Chief Minister Mahmood Khan.^[2]

However, in January 2025, local political and social activists continued to demand the full declaration and operationalisation of Talash as a separate tehsil, as the 2022 notification had not been fully implemented.^[3] In November 2025 CM Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sohail Afridi re-announces establishment of Tehsil Talash which is now one of the seven tehsils of Lower Dir, which are Adenzai, Balambat, Khal, Lal Qilla, Munda, Samar Bagh, and Timergara.^[4][5][6][3]