title: 20th Battalion, Frontier Force Regiment
text: # 20th Battalion, Frontier Force Regiment
  
  The 20th Frontier Force is a battalion of the Frontier Force Regiment, a regiment of the Pakistan Army formed in 1956 from the amalgamation of three regiments: the Frontier Force Regiment, the Frontier Force Rifles, and the Pathan Regiment. The regimental center is at Abbottabad.
  
  ## Establishment
  
  20 FF was established at Tobe camp Kakul on October 1, 1965, with Lieutenant Colonel Anwar ul Haq as its first Commanding Officer. 20 FF was converted to armored infantry by Lt. Colonel (later Brig.) Muneeb ur Rehman Farooqui.
  
  ## Deployments
  
  The battalion took active part in the battles of 1965 and 1971.
  
  ### Wartime Deployment
  
  * 1965 - Chawinda
  * 1971 - Langewala
  