Ajab Khan Afridi

Ajab Khan Afridi (Pashto: عجب خان اپریدی) was an Afghan guerrilla fighter from Darra Adam Khel in the Frontier Tribal Areas belonging to the Afridi tribe of Pashtuns.[3][4][5][6] Ajab Khan and his men also fought numerous skirmishes with British soldiers.[7] On 8 January 1961, Ajab Khan Afridi died at the age of 95 in Mazar-i-Sharif in the Balkh Province of the Kingdom of Afghanistan.[1] Ajab Khan Afridi is celebrated as a hero in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, inspiring three films about his life.[7] In 2018, a statue of Ajab Khan Afridi was erected at Abbas Chowk in his hometown, Darra Adam Khel, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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