North West Frontier

North West Frontier may refer to:

  • North West Frontier Province, Pakistan or Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955), a province of British India and later of Pakistan
    • North-West Frontier (military history), the military frontier
  • North West Frontier (film), a 1959 British adventure film starring Kenneth Moore

Famous quotes containing the words north, west and/or frontier:

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