Early Life and The Army
Akbar Khan was born in 1912 in a fairly affluent Pashtun family.He was the son of Muhammad Akram Khan.He belonged to a village named Utmanzai (Parichkhail Family) in the district of Charsadda (the same place where the companion of Gandhi, Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan was born). He received his education at Islamia College, Peshawar, and took a commission into the British Army. After officer training at Sandhurst Military Academy, he joined The Hampshire Regiment in 1934, and later transferred to the 13th Frontier Force Rifles, part of the British Indian Army.
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