Khasadar

Khasadar Forces
Active	1892–present
Country	Pakistan
Type	Paramilitary force
Role	Law enforcement/Border patrol/local security
Size	c. 40,000

The Khasadar (Arabic أَمين for Keeper/Guardian)^[1] are paramilitary forces operating throughout Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), now a part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan.^[2] The khasadar are locally recruited and maintained tribal security forces, paid for through a stipend provided to the tribe by the Pakistani government.^[3]^[4]^[5] 40,000 Khasadar serve seven former tribal agencies and six frontier regions.^[6]

Service in the force is thru initial volunteerism and then inheritance^[7] and Khasadar officers called subedars.^[8] Khasadars receive 17,400 Rs a year.^[9]

Post FATA-KP merger[]

Pakistan' Express Tribune claims, as of 25 June 2018, that there were only 17,965 Khasadars in the tribal districts and sub-divisions, and that the current plan is to reduce the force to 15,000 thru immediate retirement. It also states 2,500 could be offered a severance package while around 9,000 will be retrained and merged into the Levies Force. The remaining 3,500 Khasadars may be allowed to complete their service until retirement.^[10]

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