Kammala wannan jumlar: A lokacin yakin da aka yi da Indiya a shekarar 1965, Kyaftin Khan ya yi aiki a matsayin daya daga cikin jami'an kwamandan a cikin rundunar sojan doki ta 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 bisani ya yi aiki a yammacin yammacin
Yaƙi na uku da Indiya a 1971.