1-Peshawar, 1946 A hostile reception for Pandit Nehru.
2-Malik Mehr Dil Mahsud proceeds to slap Jawaharlal Nehru (left) . The Political Agent. Robin Hodson, tries to cool matters.
3-Photograph of a street scene in Peshawar, with people going about their business, at a market with temporary stalls, 1905.
4-Street scene, Peshawar, with a barber giving a person a haircut or shave, 1905.
5-A Mohmand grass cutter, 1920 (c).
6-Group of Shinwaris of the Khyber, 1897.
7-Wazir boy, aged 12, Waziristan, 1930.
8-Mausoleum of Amir Abdur-Rahman, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1922. Photo by Lowell Thomas or Harry A. Chase.
9-Mausoleum of Timur Shah Durrani and surrounding precinct, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1922. Photo by Lowell Thomas or Harry A. Chase.
10-Friday prayers in courtyard at the Id Gah Mosque, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1922. Photo by Lowell Thomas or Harry A. Chase.
11-View of Khyber Pass near Landi Kotal, 1922. Photo by Lowell Thomas or Harry A. Chase.
12-Afridi Khyber mail service from Landikotal to Peshawar, 1966.
13-Herder stands with two oxen in barren landscape, Jalalabad region, Afghanistan, 1959-61. Photo by Josephine Powell.
14-Amir Amanullah Khan and his two daughters at Paghman Gardens, Afghanistan, 1922. Photo by Lowell Thomas or Harry A. Chase.
15-Pashtun man in shalwar kamise with shawl slung over left shoulder and coin purse at belt, Afghanistan, 1922. Photo by Lowell Thomas or Harry A. Chase.
16-Man plays rubab as crowd listens at outdoor festival, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1959-1961. Photo by Josephine Powell.
17-Peshawar, 1933 A rare weather occurrence, a tornado or twister swept through the city of Peshawar in April 1933.
18-Small arms factory where gunsmith is working on a lathe to make barrel of an artillery gun as two tribesmen with rifles look on, Jamrud, Pakistan, December 1947. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White.
19-The Laila-Majnoon from Bannu whose unfortunate love-story not just stirred communal tensions but also started bloody rebellion in the North-West. The British used their military might including RAF airplanes to bring situation under 'control'.
20-Mahsud Waziris captured by the British in the recent punitive expedition April 19, 1902. From Black & White Budget magazine.
21-Elephant pulling roller in road in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 6, 1937. Photo by Frederick G. Clapp Collection
22-In the photo above, Mehsud tribesmen of Waziristan are handing over two British pilots to the authorities after receiving a ransom.
23-British RAF carried out many bombing campaigns on the tribes of Waziristan, they also distributed pamphlets in two local languages offering a reward for safely returning the British pilots in case their planes were downed.
24-Types of nationalities in the Turkestan krai Afghans (Pashtuns) Ayaz Khan. Circa 1865-1872.
25-Qissa Khwani Bazaar, Peshawar City, c.1912. Postcard Photo by Holmes.
26-A rare photo of the first group of Pashtun Mujahideen from Dir who drove the Hindu Dogras out of the city of Mirpur (Azad Kashmir).
27-Maulana Mohammad Akbar Khan, chairman of the Indian Pashtun Jirga, addressing an event of the Pashtunistan, ca. 1950-1954.
28-Bamiyan Buddha, Afghanistan, c1940s. Photo by A. Robillard.
29-A scene of Bamiyan, Afghanistan, c1940s. Photo by A. Robillard.
30-A street of Kandahar, Afghanistan, c1940s. Photo by A. Robillard.
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