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| Malik Wali Khan, leader of the Kuki Khel Afridis, presenting Muhammad Ali Jinnah with a .303 rifle made in his own factory at Jamrud, 1948. |
Malik Wali Khan Kuki Khel and his lashkar fought in the Kashmir war (1947-1948). Later he played a very active role in the Pashtunistan movement. In December 1952 Malik Wali Khan Kuki Khel, Malik Said Ahmad Zakha Khel and Maulvi Ghairat Gul of Jamiat Ulema-e Islam called a jirga of the Afridis, at Mamanri to take decisions about Pakhtunistan. Pakistan Air Force dropped bombs on the Afridi jirga, killing 18 men. Three days after the incident, Pakistani government destroyed the house of Malik Wali Khan Kuki Khel.
References: (1) "Some major Pukhtoon tribes along the Pak-Afghan border", by S. Iftikhar Hussain (2) "The Pathan Borderland" by James Spain
More details about Malik Wali Khan Kuki Khel are provided by Dr.Nafees Ur Rehman as follow:
"Malik Wali Khan Kuki Khel moved to Kabul after his home/hujra was demolished and he remained in Kabul along with other Pashtunistanis working against Pakistan till 1962 but then President Ayub Khan won him over and he also got a seat in the Pakistani parliament.
Interestingly, owing to the Zakha Khel and Kuku Khel rivalry, Malik Nadir Khan Afridi then got upset at the proceedings and he moved to Kabul doing the same what Malik Wali Khan Kuki Khel was doing earlier. Nadir Khan switched sides in the 80s and started working for Pakistan." 1
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| George Cunningham (Governor of NWFP) speaking to Pashtun Maliks, after his speech to the jirga outside the Khyber House, Peshawar, December 1947. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White. Malik Wali Kukikhel is second person from right. |
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| Wali Khan Kuki Khel with Ayub Khan |
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| Photo of Maulvi Ghairat Gul Afridi. Via Nafees Ur Rehman |
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