Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin yakin da Indiya a shekarar 1965, Kyaftin Khan ya yi aiki a matsayin daya daga cikin jami'an da ke jagorantar a cikin Rundunar Sojoji na 24 a Frontier Force Regiment. A ra'ayin Mahmud Ali Durrani, tsohon NSA na gwamnatin Pakistan, an lura da Kyaftin Khan saboda jagorancinsa wajen kula da aikin tankuna a cikin Sojojin Sojoji kuma an nakalto shi: "Tare da fitaccen kwamandan kwamandan da kuma manyan jami'ai, rundunarmu ta 25 Cavalry ta zama babbar sana'a wacce ta tabbatar da ikonta a yakin 1965 da Indiya kuma ta sami lakabin 'Maza na Karfe'". Daga baya ya yi aiki a Yammacin Yammacin Yakin na uku.
tare da Indiya a shekarar 1971.