Waziristan Campaign (1936–39)
Waziristan campaign (or Waziristan expedition, Waziristan war, etc.) may refer to: *Waziristan campaign (1894–1895) *Waziristan campaign (1919–1920) *Waziristan campaign (1921–1924) *Waziristan campaign (1936–1939) *Waziristan rebellion (1948–1954) *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), Jundal ...

Waziristan Campaign (1919–1920)
The Waziristan campaign 1919–1920 was a military campaign conducted in Waziristan by British Army, British and British Indian Army, Indian forces against the fiercely independent tribesmen that inhabited this region. These operations were conducted in 1919–1920, following the unrest that arose in the aftermath of the Third Anglo-Afghan War. Background The prelude to the 1919–1920 campaign was an incursion by the Mahsud, Mahsud Tribe in the summer of 1917 while British forces were otherwise engaged fighting in the First World War. The British Forces eventually restored calm, however, in 1919 the Waziris took advantage of unrest in British India following the Third Anglo-Afghan War to launch more raids against British garrisons. It has been asserted that one of the reasons for these raids was that a rumour had been spread amongst the Wazirs and the Mahsuds, that Britain was going to give control of Waziristan to Afghanistan as part of the peace settlement following the Thir ...
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Waziristan Campaign (1921–1924)
The Waziristan campaign was a road construction effort and military campaign conducted from 21 December 1921 to 31 March 1924 by British and Indian forces in Waziristan (in what is now Pakistan). These operations were part of the new Forward Policy, which sought to reduce and eventually eliminate tribal uprisings and tribal raids into settled districts by stationing regular troops inside Waziristan, which would then be capable of swiftly responding to Waziri rebellions. The rebel tribes attempted to harass the British troops, but were unsuccessful in stopping the British road construction efforts. Hugh Beattie provided a detailed account of the conflict in chapter 7 of ''Empire and Tribe in the Afghan Frontier Region: Custom, Conflict and British Strategy in Waziristan until 1947''. See also * First Anglo-Afghan War * Second Anglo-Afghan War * Third Anglo-Afghan War * Invasions of Afghanistan * Waziristan campaign (1919–1920) The Waziristan campaign 1919–1920 w ...
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Waziristan Campaign (1936–1939)
The Waziristan campaign 1936–1939 comprised a number of operations conducted in Waziristan by the British Indian Army against the fiercely independent tribesmen that inhabited this region. These operations were conducted in 1936–1939, when operations were undertaken against followers of the Pashtun nationalist Mirzali Khan, also known by the British as the "Faqir of Ipi", a religious and political agitator who was spreading anti-British sentiment in the region and undermining the prestige of the Indian government in Waziristan at the time. Background In 1919–1920, the British had fought a Waziristan campaign (1919–1920), campaign against the Wazir tribes. Minor skirmishes had continued into 1921, but after the establishment of a permanent garrison at Razmak there had been a period of relative peace in the region. Throughout 1921–1924 the British undertook a road construction effort in the region that led to further conflict during the Waziristan campaign (1921–1924), ...
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Waziristan Rebellion (1948–1954)
Waziristan rebellion was a rebellion by the Pashtun leader Faqir of Ipi to secede from Pakistan and establish a separate Pashtun state of Pashtunistan. Historical background Anglo-Afghan war's First Anglo-Afghan War British East India Company defeated the Sikhs during the Second Anglo-Sikh War in 1849, and incorporated small parts of the region into the Punjab Province (British India), Province of Punjab. While Peshawar was the site of a small revolt against British during the Mutiny of 1857, local Pashtun tribes throughout the region generally remained neutral or supportive of the British as they detested the Sikhs, In 1837, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Lord Palmerston and John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton, John Hobhouse, fearing the instability of Afghanistan, the Sindh, and the increasing power of the Sikh Empire, Sikh kingdom to the northwest, raised the spectre of a possible Russian invasion of Company rule in India, British India through Afghanistan. ...
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