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The 19th Battalion of the Frontier Force Regiment (sometimes referred to as "19 FF") is an infantry battalion of Pakistan Army. It was raised in Abbottabad, where the regimental center of the Frontier Force Regiment is located, on September 26, 1965. The first commandant of the battalion was Lt. Col. Muhammad Ayub Afridi. The battalion was involved in internal security duties in Dhaka, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), relief activities, 1971 war between India and Pakistan, and the Kargil conflict. In 1969, It was also one of the first battalions to induct Bengali servicemen because of which it was accorded the title of "PIFFER Tigers" (reference to Bengal tiger) by order of Lt. Gen. Sahibzada Yaqub Khan.