Frontier Province

The Frontier Province was a region in northwest British India, created in 1901 to govern areas bordering Afghanistan and Persia, primarily inhabited by Pashtun and Baluch communities. It served as a buffer zone to secure the northwest border and facilitate administration. In 1955, it was merged into the larger West Pakistan province during Pakistan's initial unification efforts. Today, the region corresponds largely to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces in Pakistan, and it remains a strategically vital and culturally diverse area with a complex history of governance and identity.