The area formed part of the Durrani Empire founded by Ahmad Shah Durrani in 1747. Ahmed Shah Durrani was born in Multan which was at that time part of Afghanistan. The empire included Bahwalpur, Kashmir, Gilgit, Hazara with its main city Haripur. Under Ahmed Shah Durrani and later his son Timur Shah, who ruled from Lahore and Multan, but later shifted it back to Kandahar. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was an
important iranian borderland that was often contested by the Mughals and Safavids who considered it part of their land. During the reign of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa required formidable military forces to control and the emergence of Pashtun nationalism, who opposed Mughals who were trying to infiltrate it from India across the Indus River. A leading force in inspiring Pashtun miltancy was the local warrier poet Khushal Khan Khattak who united some of the tribes against the various empires around the region. As the Mughal had lost control by 1757, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa came under the control of the Amir of Afghanistan Ahmad Shah Abdali. A series of conflicts known as the Anglo-Afghan Wars during the imperialist Great Game, wars between the British and Russian governments, led to the eventual dismemberment of Afghanistan into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Baluchistan and Khurasan. Divide and rule policy and the annexation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan region led to the demarcation of the Durand Line and administration as part of British South Asia. We Are Those for Whom Alexander Said to his Mom, "i am involved in the Land of Leonine-Lion Like & Brave People, Where every foot of the Ground is like a Wall of Street. You have brought only One Alexander in to this World, But Everyone in this Land can be called an Alexander"
"Pukhtuns Are Men of Guns but Simultaneously They are Men of love & Romance. They love others& want to be loved by others"(Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar 1601 A.D)
Pashtuns only Know one Law, Pashtunwali, or code of life, These are 9 main sections:
1. Melmastiya (Hospitality & protection to every Guest)
2. Nanawati (The right of a Fugitive to seek refuge, & Acceptance to his bona fide offer of PEACE)
3. Badal (The Right of blood Feuds or Revenge)
4. Tureh (Bravery)
5. Sabat (Steadfastness)
6. Imamdari (Righteousness)
7. Isteqamat (Persistence)
8. Ghairat (Defense of Property & Honor)
9. Namus (Defense of One's Women)
