 During the "Mohmand Disturbances" of 1937–1938 British Forces were thrown back by the army of local people who voluntarily participated in war under the command of Chaknawar Mullah Sahib there is a shrine of Shaheed Kharoot who was khowaizi belonging to Mir Qala fought against British soldiers under the command of Chaknawar Mullah Sahib and got martyred(Shaheed)after killing few British Soldiers.Afghanistan was invaded by the Soviets in the late nineteen seventies.In the Soviet–Afghan War, local people took up their weapons to defend their homeland against the Russians.