History of Pashtuns: Mohmand Blockade 1916-17

In the latter half of 1916 the Mohmands began to give trouble to the British, and a blockade of their frontier was organised, with barbed, and live wire to make it effective. The Blockade was made up of a series of blockhouses and barbed wire defenses manned by men of the British and Indian Armies along the British border of Mohmand territory. The most important engagement between Mohmands and British occurred on 15th November where at the Third Affair of Hafiz Kor. The Mohmand blockade was raised in July 1917 after making a settlement with the hostile sections

Mohmand Blockade Operations, November 1916 onwards. The permanent police post built in the corner of Subhan Khwar Camp on the road between Fort Shabkadar and Michni. Imperial War Museum.