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| Keywords: A member of the Khyber Rifles.jpg en A member of the Khyber Rifles 1946 Photograph by Major A G Harfield Khyber Rifles 1946 The Khyber Rifles were one of several paramilitary police units recruited from the tribesmen of the North West Frontier They served as auxiliaries to the regular Indian Army Raised in the early 1880s and recruited from Afridi Pathan tribesmen the Rifles were commanded by British officers on secondment from regular Indian regiments When Pakistan won its independence in 1947 the Rifles became part of the new country's Frontier Corps Today the Khyber Rifles are engaged in tracking down Taleban insurgents and Islamic terrorists in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan From a collection of photographs by Maj A G Harfield Khyber Rifles 1946 NAM Accession Number NAM 1973-10-40-8 Copyright/Ownership National Army Museum Copyright Location National Army Museum Study Collection 1946 http //www nam ac uk/online-collection/detail php q searchType 3Dsimple 26simpleText 3Dpakistan 26themeID 3D 26resultsDisplay 3Dlist 26page 3D2 pos 2 total 45 page 2 acc 1973-10-40-8 Photograph by Major A G Harfield PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Paramilitary organizations Military units and formations of India Military units and formations of Pakistan Military history of British India | ||||
