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Kharan Rifles
Country
Pakistan
Branch
Civil Armed Forces
Role
Paramilitary police
Size
5 battalion-sized Wings
Part of
Frontier Corps
Garrison/HQ
Nok Kundi
Commanders
Current commander
Colonel Qamar Zaheer[1]
Previous commanders
Colonel Pir Sadiq Shah[2] Colonel Sadiq Ali Shah[3]
Military unit
The Kharan Rifles is a paramilitary regiment forming part of the Pakistani Frontier Corps Balochistan (South). It is responsible for border security, counter-insurgency, and maintaining law and order in southwest Pakistan. It guards the border area at the junction of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, a major transit area for trade and traffic. Administratively the regiment comes under the Interior Ministry, while it is commanded by seconded officers of the Pakistan Army.
^"Kharan sports, culture festival kicks off". The Express Tribune. 24 June 2022.
^"Ammunition seized". Dawn. 12 July 2002.
^"2 tons of heroin seized after gun battle". Chicago Tribune. 9 June 2002.
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