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Khyber Rifles
Founded
1878
Country
British Raj 1878–1947 Pakistan (1947 onwards)
Branch
Civil Armed Forces
Role
Border patrol Counterterrorism Counterinsurgency Special operations
Size
7 Wings
Part of
Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North)
Regimental centre
Shagai Fort.[1]
Commanders
Current commander
Colonel Asim Kiyani
Military unit
The Khyber Rifles are a paramilitary regiment, forming part of the Pakistani Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North). The Rifles are tasked with defending the border with Afghanistan and assisting with law enforcement in the districts adjacent to the border. Raised in the late nineteenth century, the regiment provided the title and setting for the widely read novel, King of the Khyber Rifles, and is the oldest regiment of the Corps. The regiment has a 2020/21 budget of Rs. 1.816 billion(1800 crore PKR)[2] and is composed of seven battalion-sized wings.
^"Forts of Pashtunkhwa". Archived from the original on 6 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^"Federal Budget 2020–2021: Details of demands for grants and appropriations" (PDF). National Assembly of Pakistan. p. 2535. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
The KhyberRifles are a paramilitary regiment, forming part of the Pakistani Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North). The Rifles are tasked with defending...
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Chitral Scouts, the KhyberRifles, the Kurram Militia, the Tochi Scouts, the South Waziristan Scouts, and the Zhob Militia. The KhyberRifles was in fact regularised...
occurred. The Khyber Rifles paramilitary organization originated in the area and took their name from it.[citation needed] A Khyber Pass copy is a homemade...
the pseudonym of Walter Galt. Best known as the author of King of the KhyberRifles and the Jimgrim series, much of his work was published in pulp magazines...
the British in exchange for subsidies, and some even served with the KhyberRifles, an auxiliary force of the British Indian Army. Shortly after the Partition...
and other posts in the Khyber Pass. Although the KhyberRifles put up a stiff defence, Landi Kotal was overrun, as the Rifles lacked water. The British...
The Village (1953), a Swiss film; Melba (1953), a biopic; King of the KhyberRifles (1954), a Hollywood film with Tyrone Power for 20th Century Fox; Seagulls...
paramilitary troops serving as headquarters for the KhyberRifles — the traditional guardians of the Khyber Pass. Trilateral flag meetings among Pakistan,...
British star". Rennie supported Tyrone Power once more in King of the KhyberRifles (1954), as a brigadier in British India, then he played his first villain...
leading to the dispersal of the Indian forces. Early June saw the KhyberRifles establish a presence within the Kandar Kuzi Forest. Operating from this...
danced to their tune". Retrieved 25 July 2004. Yasmini in "King, of the KhyberRifles" by Talbot Mundy ISBN 0854681779 Tom Stacey 1972 orig 1917 hb, p16 Nautch...
Gambler Mark Fallon Rudolph Maté Filmed in Technicolor. 1953 King of the KhyberRifles Capt. Alan King Henry King Filmed in CinemaScope and color by Deluxe...
Artists as a second feature. The film is similar in theme to King of the KhyberRifles starring Tyrone Power and Bengal Brigade starring Rock Hudson. Captain...
division of the British Indian Army. Pakistan was given units such as the KhyberRifles, which had seen intensive service in World Wars I and II. Many of the...
John Ford Released in the United Kingdom under the title King of the KhyberRifles Sailor's Holiday Undetermined Role Fred C. Newmeyer The Virginian Rider...
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Global Information
British Raj 1878–1947
Pakistan (1947 onwards)