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. 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 and continued to police the unruly tribal districts.
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| A member of the Khyber Rifles, 1946. Photo by Major A G Harfield. |
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| A Malikdin Khel Afridi of the Khyber Rifles, 1908 (c). Watercolour by Major Alfred Crowdy Lovett. |
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| An Afridi n.c.o ( non-commissioned officer) of Khyber Rifles, 1897. |
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| Lord Wavell, the Viceroy of India, chatting to British and native officers of the Khyber Rifles, 1945 (c). |
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| Photograph by Frederick Bremner, India, North West Frontier, 1900 (c). |
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| A sentry of the Khyber Rifles stands guard on the frontier between British India and Afghanistan, 1946. Photograph by Major A G Harfield. Source |
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| Afridi Sowar, Khyber Rifles, Jamrud, 1914 (c). Postcard by Bemrose & Sons |
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