It returned to Afghanistan in the Second Afghan War and took part in the Siege of Multan.

During World War I it was attached to the 6th (Poona) Division and served in the Mesopotamian campaign.

Trapped in the city in the Siege of Kut the regiment was forced to surrender after 147 days.

[1] A second battalion was raised from men on leave and reinforcements, and sent to Mesopotamia.

[2] After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single-battalion to multi-battalion regiments.