The Mohmand Rifles is a paramilitary regiment forming part of the

Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North) The Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North) ( ur, , reporting name: FCKP(N)), is a group of paramilitary regiments of Pakistan, operating in the northern part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, overseeing the country's borders with Afghanistan ...

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. The name alludes to the

Mohmand The Mohmand ( ps, مومند) or Mohmand is a prominent tribe of Pashtun people. They are based primarily in the Mohmand territory, which is located in Nangarhar, Afghanistan and Mohmand Agency, Pakistan. Most people of the Mohmand tribe spe ...

tribe and the

Mohmand Agency Mohmand District ( ps, مومندو ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Peshawar Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an Federally Administered Tribal Areas#Administrative divisions, agency of Federally Admi ...

. The regiment had a 2020/21 budget of and is composed of a headquarters wing with seven battalion-sized manoeuvre wings.

History

The regiment was raised in 1973. It maintained a low profile in its early years with only one incident in 1986, when one of its personnel was killed by firing from Afghanistan. By 1999 it was reported to have 2,330 personnel. In the 21st century the regiment has been involved in combatting the

insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, also known as the War in North-West Pakistan or Pakistan's war on terror, is an ongoing armed conflict involving Pakistan, and Islamist militant groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jundall ...

. However, it has had some negative consequences. The conduct of the regiment has been the subject of criticism from locals, for example by a tribal assembly in 2005. On 10 June 2008, several members of the regiment were killed at a border checkpoint in the

Gora Prai airstrike The Gora Prai airstrike was an airstrike by the United States that resulted in the deaths of 11 paramilitary troops of the Pakistan Army Frontier Corps and 8 Taliban fighters in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas, tribal areas. The ...

by the United States military. In December 2008 three of its soldiers were among five dead after a bombing incident in the town of

Shabqadar Shabqadar ( ps, شبقدر , ur, ) is a town in the Charsadda District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It lies north of provincial capital Peshawar. Overview and history Shabqadar is a tehsil headquarter of Shabqadar Tehsil in ...

. Nonetheless, by 2010 the regiment claimed to have pushed the militants back and secured control of the majority of the

. The Rifles have also long been involved in anti-drug smuggling operations, although not always successfully. In 2011–2012, the unit received a number of drug testing kits, through a United Nations programme, to assist in their work against drug smuggling.

Units

* Headquarters Wing * 201 Wing * 202 Wing * 203 Wing * 204 Wing * 205 Wing * 206 Wing * 207 Wing

References

{{Frontier Corps Regiments of the Frontier Corps Mohmand District Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North)

History

Units

See also

References