| Ajab Khan Afridi | |
| Native Name Lang: | ps |
| Birth Date: | c. 1866 |
| Birth Place: | Darra Adam Khel, Frontier Tribal Areas, British India |
| Death Date: | 8 January 1961 (aged 94–95) |
| Death Place: | Mazār, Balkh, Afghanistan |
| Resting Place: | Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan |
| Known For: | Indian independence movement against the British Raj |
Ajab Khan Afridi (Pushto; Pashto: {{resize|{{nq|عجب خان اپریدی) was an Afghan guerrilla fighter from Darra Adam Khel in the Frontier Tribal Areas belonging to the Afridi tribe of Pashtuns. Following a raid on his house by a British Indian Army detachment in 1923, Afridi declared it a personal affront to his honor and was ordered by his mother to take revenge on the army officers who had led the raid.[1]
Afridi, along with four other villagers, attacked Kohat Cantonment. The wife of a British officer, Major Ellis, was stabbed and killed during the attack and they kidnapped Ellis' daughter, Molly.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Ajab Khan and his men also fought numerous skirmishes with British soldiers.[6]
On 8 January 1961, Ajab Khan Afridi died at the age of 95 in Mazar-i-Sharif in the Balkh Province of the Kingdom of Afghanistan.[7]
Ajab Khan Afridi is celebrated as a hero in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, inspiring three films about his life.[6] The 1961 Urdu language film "Ajab Khan" depicted his battles against the British.[6] In 2018, a statue of Ajab Khan Afridi was erected at Abbas Chowk in his hometown, Darra Adam Khel, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[8] [9] [10]