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100 1  Stewart, Jules. 
245 10 Khyber Rifles :|bFrom the British Raj to Al Qaeda /|cJules
       Stewart. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bThe History Press,
       |c[2006] 
264  4 |c©2006 
300    1 online resource (256 pages) 
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520    Still recruited from the Pathan tribes that live in this 
       savage no-man's land between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the
       Khyber Rifles continue to stand guard over one of the 
       world's most volatile borders. For many years these 
       gallant poachers turned gamekeepers fought for the British
       Raj against their own kith and kin, but to date nothing 
       has been written about their key role in Britain's 
       struggle to dominate the North-West Frontier. The Khyber 
       Pass, the mountainous area west of the River Indus, has 
       never been fully subject to outside rule. When the Punjab 
       was annexed by the British in 1849, the region containing 
       the present North-West Frontier Province populated by 
       Pathans also came under the rule of the Raj. Jules Stewart
       tells the story of Colonel Sir Robert Warburton, the man 
       who raised the Khyber Rifles in 1878 to protect the lines 
       of communication of the Second Afghan War expeditionary 
       force. He describes the Khyber Rifles in action, in 
       particular the spirited defence of their posts in the 1897
       Frontier uprising.Following the Third Afghan War (1919) 
       the Khyber Rifles were abandoned to their fate by the 
       British government, leading to the controversial decision 
       to disband the corps. Former Khyber Rifles levies were 
       recruited into the Afridi Battalion to serve the British 
       in the Second World War, after which the corps was raised 
       again. In 1947, Pakistan gained its independence and the 
       Khyber Rifles took on new duties, including the pursuit of
       drug smugglers and terrorists. Most recently, they have 
       spearheaded an operation in Tirah, the land that even the 
       British never attempted to occupy, to seal the border 
       against Al Qaeda militants and eradicate the opium trade. 
588 0  Print version record. 
600 10 Warburton, Robert,|cSir,|d1842-1899. 
610 10 Great Britain.|bArmy.|bKhyber Rifles. 
610 10 Pakistan.|bArmy.|bKhyber Rifles. 
650  7 HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia.|2bisacsh 
651  0 Khyber Pass (Afghanistan and Pakistan) 
651  0 Afghanistan|xHistory, Military|y20th century. 
651  0 Afghanistan|xHistory, Military|y19th century. 
651  0 Pakistan|xHistory, Military|y20th century. 
651  0 Pakistan|xHistory, Military|y19th century. 
655  0 Electronic books. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aStewart, Jules.|tKhyber Rifles.|dStroud 
       : Sutton, 2005.|z075093963X|w(DLC)2008383411 
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