Kurram is divided into three distinct areas of Lower, Upper and FR Kurram. The Upper Kurram is the most populated part of the Agency and inhibited the most prominent and popular tribes of Turi and Bangash along with some other . . . Read More

It was a warm day on the 23rd of August 1823. British troops from all over India were headed towards the battlefield via the rugged mountains of Ambela. The opponents were the Yusufzai Tribesmen. On one hand was a renowned Military Officer, Sir Nevile Chamberlain and on the other was a Darwesh, Hazrat Akhund Abdul Ghafoor Sahib of Swat. The British army had hand picked the best of its men from throughout India to crush the Frontier resistance movement such that even the Punjab Governor's personal bodyguards comprising of only 24 men were selected. . . . Read More

Pashtoon is born with religion, poetry and music. His hard life always finds expressions in tappa. It is not only hard life, but his romance and even religion is channelized through saying or singing of tappa. Many singers have sung tappa in their own styles but when Haroon Bacha gave his voice to it, Pashto tappa touched new heights. . . . Read More