The Afridi are a Karlani Pashtun tribe who inhabit the border area of Pakistan, notably in the Spin Ghar mountain range to the west of Peshawar and the Maidan Valley in Tirah.
Their role was to open up the area by constructing roads and strong points.
This would help prevent any future tribal infiltration towards Peshawar as well as being a punitive measure, since the Afridis had been accustomed to pasture their flocks on this low ground during the winter months.
Here a fortified camp was constructed from which operations against the Afridis were conducted.
[4] British Army that took part in the campaign received the India General Service Medal (1909) with the clasp North West Frontier 1930-31.