Special Combat Unit (SCU) is a branch of

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police (), formerly known as the Frontier Police, is the provincial law enforcement agency of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. History British colonial era In 1849, the land corresponding to modern-day Khyber Pakhtunkhw ...

trained as for

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purposes capable of rapid deployment, it is operational in its jurisdiction of

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Northern Pakistan, northwestern region of the country, Khyber ...

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. The force can be deployed in any part of the province for

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s, counter-terrorism operations,

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s and amphibious operations both independently and in support of other police units or law enforcement agencies. The training of first contingent of 150 personnel begin on 13 May 2014. A contingent of 32 women commandos, joined the force on 11 February 2015. By the end of 2015, the unit aims to have 1050 personal deployed in 12 stations across the province.Khyber Pakhtunkhwa establishes Special Combat Unit
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{{Pakistani special forces Non-military counterterrorist organizations Provincial law enforcement agencies of Pakistan Police special forces of Pakistan Organizations established in 2014 2014 establishments in Pakistan

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