Tag: Forts in khyber pakhtunkhwa KPK

  Attock Fort was built at Attock Khurd during the reign of Akbar the Great from 1581 to 1583 under the supervision of Khawaja Shamsuddin Khawafi to protect the passage of the River Indus. It featured a prominent role in Afghan-Sikh Wars during the Battle of Attock. The Battle of Attock took place on 28 April 1758 between Maratha Empire Read more...

Chakdara (Urdu and Pashto: چکدره ) is a town in Lower Dir District of Khyber–Pakhtunkhwa. It is located north of Malakand on the north bank of the Swat River, in a commanding position near the entrance to Swat District and at the entrance to Lower Dir. It is about 130 km (81 mi) from Peshawar and 40 km (25 mi) away from Read more...

Malakand Division/wikipedia was an administrative division of the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, until the reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government.The Siege of Malakand was the 26 July – 2 August 1897 siege of the British garrison in the Malakand region of colonial British India’s North West Frontier Province. The British faced a force of Pashtun Read more...