Khyber Rifles

The Khyber Rifles are a paramilitary regiment, forming part of the PakistaniFrontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North). The Rifles are tasked with defending the border with Afghanistan and assisting with law enforcement in the districts adjacent to the border. Raised in the late nineteenth century, the regiment provided the title and setting for the widely read novel, King of the Khyber Rifles, and is the oldest regiment of the Corps. The regiment has a 2020/21 budget of Rs. 1.816 billion (1800 crore PKR) and is composed of seven battalion-sized wings.