North-West Frontier States Agency was one of the agencies of British India. It comprised the Princely States associated with the North-West Frontier Province, (now Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa). Agencies included the Dir Swat and Chitral Agency and the Deputy Commissioner of Hazara acting as the Political Agent for Amb and Phulra.
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