Old Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province

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Bullock Cart Near Bannu Fort, 1924 (c).

Bannu city 1960

Ist F.F Unit As 59 Scinde Rifles Carried Out Search Operation In Bazaar Ahmad Khan Bannu, Circa 1930.

1885, Bannu Bazzar

 

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Khyber Pass Taxi Service.
One of the strangest taxi services in the world. Up to 14 people cram into and outside of old American Chevrolet cars in April 1977....

 

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Village Barber, Darra Adam Khel, 1970 (c).

 

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Bahrain, Swat in 1979

 

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Khyber Pass, North-West Frontier, August 1966.

 

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The Attock Bridge On The River Indus, GT Road, 1930's (c)...

Aerial view

 

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Attock Fort, Photograph By Holmes, 1900-1910 (c),,

It was built in the late 16th century in the time of the Mogul Emperor Akbar. It was taken in 1813 by the Sikhs in the time of Ranjit Singh. Its significance became particularly apparent to the British after the 1857 Mutiny and they established a military cantonment there called Cambellpore ( Attock City ).

Holmes was the most important photographer of the North West Frontier around the turn of the 19th/20th centuries.

 

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An Armed Afridi Tribesmen Walking At Main Street In Darra Adam Khel, August 1980.

© Michael Freeman

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The Khyber Pass Railway, 1925 (C)....

The Khyber Pass Railway From Jamrud, Near Peshawar, To The Afghan Border Near Landi Kotal Was Opened On 4 November 1925. Built To Allow Easier Movement Of Troops To The Frontier, The Railway Climbed More Than 1,200 Metres (3,900 feet) Through 34 Tunnels And 92 Bridges, And Culverts To Reach Landi Kotal.

Randolph Bezzant Holmes Was A Professional Photographer Who Lived For Over 50 Years In The North West Frontier Region Of India. His Business Was Based In Peshawar From 1918 To 1947. He Travelled Extensively With Both Civil And Military Expeditions In The Himalayas And Central Asia.

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An Aerial View Of Kohat Fort and City...
Taken By Royal Air Force, North-West Frontier, 1930's (c).

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An Aerial View Of Kohat Fort, 1932 (c).

Constructed - 1853, Used by - Great Britain, Now Pakistan, Also known As: Fort Mackeson, Kohat Fort. Conflict In Which It Participated Various Colonial Miniscuffles.

Royal Air Force Aerial Reconnaissance On The North West Frontier Of India, 1919 - 1939 (c)
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1980's .... JAMRUD..

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Khyber Pass

Jackie Kennedy At Khyber Pass, Year 1962.

This photo was taken at Torkham, which is located at the end of the Khyber Pass and the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. It was part of a visit to Peshawar for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, wife of the 35th US President, John F. Kennedy. She is wearing a karakul. The President of Pakistan had taken his off and given it to Mrs. Kennedy earlier on and she proudly wore it tilted to one side during her visit.

Mrs Kennedy was received by Nawab of Kalabagh, then Governor of West Pakistan, Malik Amir Muhammad Khan, and was shown around by Brig Rakhman Gul (FF), then IGFC of Frontier Corps – Pakistan Army. Gul was a decorated veteran of the North African campaign of WWII. Washington hostess, Joan Braden, walks next to Governor Khan. The First Lady’s sister, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland, walks behind. United States Ambassador to Pakistan, Walter P. McConaughy stands behind her.

They are having a laugh at the Khasadar who is trying to restrain a photographer from stepping into Afghanistan. After arriving from Rawalpindi she went on a guided tour of the interior of Peshawar’s Walled City followed by a visit to Jamrud Fort, Khyber Rifles Mess Landi Kotal and Torkham, Pak-Afghan border.

She stayed overnight as guest of honour at Governor House Peshawar and left for Lahore next morning.

 

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1890, Khyber Pass ..

1966

 

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1922 Khyber Pass..

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