South Waziristan Scouts: Difference between revisions

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The South Waziristan Scouts replaced the South Waziristan Militia and was similar in structure to the Tochi Scouts

"Guardians of the Frontier" KPK Tribune. Retrieved 15 February 2015
Page 313 A Concise History of Afghanistan in 25 Volumes, Volume 1 by Hamid Wahed Alikuzai Google Books
"Carrier Pigeons in British Army" The Bend Bulletin, Bend, Oregon - December 8, 1938 , page 8 (Google coded Nov 30, 1938). The South Waziristan Scouts and an RAF flight from Miranshah, after a carrier pigeon message is received. Google Newspapers.
South Waziristan Scouts: Chevrolet Lorry Defence Journal Karachi November 1999, now archived.
Lessons from our past - by Dorset survivor of North West Frontier 12 January 2009 Dorset Echo. Major John Girling served with the South Waziristan Scouts in the 1940s. Following independence in 1947, he spent three more years on the border, seconded to the Pakistan Army.
South Waziristan -The land of Mehsuds & Wazirs geocities.ws

The Frontier Scouts by Charles Chenevix Trench 1985. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD).
South Waziristan Scouts page 15 India in 1930-1931 Archive.org

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 *[http://www.geocities.ws/pakistanpoint/southwaziristan.htm South Waziristan -The land of Mehsuds & Wazirs] geocities.ws
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+*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1985-the-frontier-scouts-by-trench-s-pdf/ ''The Frontier Scouts''] by  Charles Chenevix Trench 1985. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD).
 *[https://archive.org/stream/indiain19301931032269mbp#page/n47/mode/2up South Waziristan Scouts] page 15 ''India in 1930-1931'' Archive.org