Afghani or NW Frontier, and Choora would be the closest one.
The handle is unusual for a classical Mahsud one, might have been later to the blade, but the blade and scabbard are classic.
On the other hand, there was such hodge-podge of ethnicities in that part of the world that replacement doesn’t need to be postulated: tribal variations might be sufficient.
This one is exceptionally good : Indian crystalline wootz. Right away it puts in doubt the assertion that Chooras came into being only in the 20th century.
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