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|partof=North West Frontier Punitive Expeditions
|date=3-August 1877-January 1878
|location= Kohat pass, NWF
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.63215,71.703293&z=11&t=h&hl=en 33.632151°N 71.703288°E]
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"The Jowaki Afridis are a clan of the Adam Khel, who inhabit the country lying between the Kohat Pass and the river Indus.<br>(4) Expedition against the Jowaki Afridis under Colonel Mocatta in 1877. In that year the government proposed to reduce the Jowaki allowance for guarding the Kohat Pass, and the tribesmen resented this by cutting the telegraph wire and raiding into British territory. A force of 1500 troops penetrated their country in three columns, and did considerable damage by way of punishment."<br>[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Afridi Encyclopedia Britannica 11th Edition 1911]
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]
