Watercolour of a member of the Kurram Militia by Major Alfred Crowdy Lovett, 1910.
Active
1892–present
Country
Pakistan
Branch
Frontier Corps
Type
Paramilitary force
Role
Law enforcement/Border patrol
Size
~3,500 in 5 battalions
Garrison/HQ
Parachinar
Regimental colours
Black flag with unit crest
Engagements
Tirah Campaign
Third Anglo-Afghan War
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Commanders
Commandant
Colonel Tausif
Insignia
Unit Crest
Crossed Turi knives with the letter "KM" superimposed
Military unit
The Kurram Militia is a paramilitary regiment of the Frontier Corps of Pakistan. It was originally raised by the British in 1892 to operate in the North-West Frontier Province, and carried in that role following Pakistan's independence in 1947.
The KurramMilitia is a paramilitary regiment of the Frontier Corps of Pakistan. It was originally raised by the British in 1892 to operate in the North-West...
Kurram District (Pashto: کرم ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع کرم) is a district in the Kohat Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The name Kurram...
North-West Frontier. Regional units included the Zhob Militia, the KurramMilitia, and the Chagai Militia. After 1946 the Frontier Corps became part of the...
organize seven militia and scout units in the tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan: the Khyber Rifles, the Zhob Militia, the KurramMilitia, the Tochi...
with the 31st Lancers and then he was appointed wing officer with the KurramMilitia on 8 March 1917, a Frontier Corps unit based on the North West Frontier...
but became part of the Frontier Corps, along with Chitral Scouts, KurramMilitia and other local forces. The recruits were from all areas of the Gilgit...
and in 1981, they expelled Shias from Sada. At that time, KurramMilitia was employed in Kurram Agency, they successfully contained this violence. In 1983...
The 2007 Kurram Agency conflict began on 6 April 2007 in Kurram Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan when a Sunni gunman on a Friday prayer...
deputy assistant adjutant-general to the Kohat-Kurram Force, which included organizing the Kurrammilitia. He also fought against the Darwesh Khel Wazirs...
Frederick Taylor, Indian Army (12th Frontier Force Regiment), Commandant, KurramMilitia, North-West Frontier Province. Humphrey Trevelyan, Indian Political...
join the Kurram and the Indus rivers. On the 28 and 29 November a raid by 2,000 tribesmen from Khost was defeated by the North Waziristan Militia near Miranshah...
Army, joining its 25th Cavalry. He was subsequently attached to the KurramMilitia, 19 June 1921 to 24 October 1922, attached to the South Waziristan,...
Francis, MBE, Indian Army, 13th Frontier Force Rifles, Commandant, KurramMilitia, North-West Frontier Province. Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Dunningham...
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