History of Paktika

[کیش]

Can someone share what they know about the history of Paktika province? Information about its people/tribes/culture will be appreciated

[Da_Kunar_Ghro]

Paktika used to be a part of Loya Paktia with Khost and Paktia.

It is one of my favorite provinces and it is very remote.

The main tribe is Ghaljai (Suleimankhel and Kharoti)

Paktika people speak both kheen and sheen dialects, even in the same villages.

[Da_Kunar_Ghro]

Also, two of the best singers of Afghanistan are from Paktika,

Niamatullah Urgonai and Mohammadullah Katawazai

[Da_Kunar_Ghro]

YouTube - ‪Dr.Akram Khpalwak Governor of Paktika Province, Southeast Afghanistan Part 03.wmv‬‏

[Nick]

I think Da Kunar Ghro had summerized almost everything since Paktika was created newly and much of its culture, history, customs etc is shared with other provinces I would see if I can find some facts for you.

[Nick]

Can someone share what they know about the history of Paktika province? Information about its people/tribes/culture will be appreciated

here bro

http://www.pashtunforums.com/pashtun...iristan-17465/

[شمله ور خراساني]

Paktika is the home of the great Ghiljay Kochi tribes. It is one of the last parts of the Pashtun land which is still as authentic and pure as it suppose to be.

[Saifullah]

Marwats history is from Paktika so its very interesting to know about this place. For those of you who don't know, it is said that Bibi Mato and Shah Hussain had sons....the famous ones were Ghilzai and the other Ibrahim Lodhi...

Marwats and Niazi came from Ibrahim Lodhi....

[torkham]

uqi, since you from paktia/paktika, is your dialect similar to wazirola. i know many wazir pashtuns in dubai, their pashto is full of unfamiliar words.

[یاسمینه]

Can someone share what they know about the history of Paktika province? Information about its people/tribes/culture will be appreciated

A you interested only in history? I have a paper "Paktika Personalities. An Examination of the Tribes and the Significant People of a Traditional Pashtun Province" 3,1 MB. Let me know if you want it.

[یاسمینه]

It's not my report. Only part of it can be useful - Pashtun tribes by Paktika districts.

[یاسمینه]

Ok, will try to copy here the part about tribes in Paktika.

Explaination of Document

Please note that Paktika Province has 23 Districts, 19 official and 4 unofficial. The people
listed here are from Paktika Province and are listed in the district in which they live.
Most Directors of Ministries, District Commissioners and Chiefs of Police are listed
separately as they are usually appointed from outside the district or outside the Province
and they tend to rotate out of their jobs quickly. What has been attempted here is to
catalog people of some significance in each district, people who actually reside in the
district and have tribal, family, cultural, business, land, or religious ties to the district.
This information was obtained and this document produced by the PRT Sharana
Department of State Officer one interview at a time in the districts of Paktika over a
period of 17 months from January 2006 to May 2007.
Tribal note: Of the three big Pashtun tribes in Afghanistan, the Ghanjai, the Durrani, and
the Kurlani, only the Ghanjai and Kurlani are represented in Paktika Province. Of these
two tribes the main sub-tribes represented in Paktika are the Sulimankhel, Andar, and
Kharoti from the Ghanjai, and the Zadran and Waziri from the Kurlani. There is one
significant non- Pashtun tribe represented in Paktika, the Orguni a Tajik tribe located
only in Orgun district. There are also a relatively small number of Kuchis (Nomads) in
Paktika. Most of these are Sulimanzai tribe and are not related to the other tribes in the
region.
Administrative note: Mullahs are Islamic religious leaders normally at the village level.
Mawlawis are more senior Islamic religious leaders with more knowledge of Islam. They
are often working in or running Madrassahs. Ulama are a grouping of religious scholars
or Mawlawis. The word Ulama is defined as a group of knowledgeable people, in the
context of this document they are the most knowledgeable religious people in the district.
The spelling of Mawlawi and Ulama are standardized and taken from the standard usage
of these terms in Barnett R. Rubin’s book, The Fragmentation of Afghanistan. Dates of
birth in this document are as accurate as possible. However, most Afghans in Paktika do
not have any record of their birth. Therefore, actual dates of birth are often impossible to
obtain and often the year of birth is an estimate that may vary as much as two to three

years.

Paktika Tribes by District
April 2007

Mata Khan District
Ghanjai (100%)

•

Andar 80%

•

Sulimankhel tribes 20%

•

Niazi 10%,

•

Amadzai 5%

•

Taro Khel 5%
Sharan District

•

Sulimankhel (80%)

o

Menzai (80%)

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Taro Khel

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Niazgani

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Omber Khel

•

Andar (10%)

•

Sulimanzai – Kuchi (10%)
Yaya Khel District

•

Sulimankhel (100%)

•

Sultan Khel

•

Yaya Khel

•

Gabi Khel

•

Moghali Khel
Yoseph Khel District

•

Sulimankhel (95%)

•

Ali Khel (70%)

•

Sultan Khel (25%)

•

Sulimanzai – Kuchi (5%)
Khair Kot District

•

Sulimankhel (95%)

o

Payinda Khel

o

Malizai

o

Mirkhan Khel

o

Mahmood Khel

• Sulimanzai – Kuchi (5%)

Baki Khel District

•

Sulimankhel (100%)

o

Kaiser Khel (100%)
Shakhalabad District

•

Sulimankhel (90%)

o

Shakel (65%)

o

Kaiser Khel(5%)

o

Jalal Khel (5%)

o

Dinar Khel (5%)

o

Jalalzai (5%)

o

Mirkhan Khel (5%)

•

Sulimanzai – Kuchi (5%)

•

Karoti (5%)
Jani Khel District

•

Sulimankhel (95%)

o

Jelalzai

o

Shakel

o

Jani Khel

•

Sulimanzai - Kuchi (5%)
Kushamond District

•

Sulimankhel (95%)

o

Hadeen Khel

o

Nasoor Khel

o

Alizai

o

Qalander Khel

•

Sulimanzai – Kuchi (5%)
Dila District

•

Sulimankhel (95%)

o

Nizam Khel (largest 35%)

o

Alizai

o

Khozai

o

Jalal Khel

o

Lilizai

o

Menzai

•

Sulimanzai – Kuchi (5%)
Waza Khwa District

•

Sulimankhel (100%)

o

Sarwan Khel (largest 85%)

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Khazar Khel

o

Khodaidad Khel

o

Mahmood Khel

o Menzai

Terawa District

•

Sulimankhel (100%)

o

Nizam Khel (largest 40%)

o

Jalalzai

o

Mahmood Khel
War Mamay District

•

Sulimankhel (100%)

o

Sarwan Khel (largest 50%)

o

Khodaidad Khel (40%)

o

Menzai

o

Dinar Khel

o

Ahmadzai

o

Jalalzai
Gomal District

•

Kharoti (60%)

o

Braime

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Said Khel

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Babo Khel

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Kakalzai

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Ahmad Khel (small)

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Passani (small)

•

Sulimankhel (40%)

o

Alizai

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Dinar Khel

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Jalal Khel

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Ya Khel
Bermel District

•

Waziri (100%)

o

Otmanzai (75%)(central and north Bermel)

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Kabul Khel (75%)

•

Sefali (40%)

•

Pepali (20%)

•

Malikshai (15%)

o

Ahmadzai (20%) (South Bermel)

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Gangi Khel

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Taji Khel

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Zali Khel

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Khojal Khel

• Sedgai (5%) (Kuchis but claim to be Otmanzai)

Gayan District

•

Zadran (100%)

o

Gayan Khel

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Margul Khel (large)

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Kharseen Khel (large)

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Samal Khan Khel (large)

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Rami Khel (small)

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Boghdad Khel (small)

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Rowat Khel (small)

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Pirzad Khel (small)

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Balai Khel (small)

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Shamshi Khel (small)

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Yargul Khel (small)
Sarobi District

•

Kharoti (100%)

o

Abas Khel (largest)

o

Langi Khel (large)

o

Dari Khel (large)

o

Passani (large)

o

Babu Khel (large)

o

Izai Khel (small)
Orgun District

•

Zadran (35%)

•

Kharoti (30%)

•

Orguni – Tajik (25%)

•

Wazir and other tribes (5%)

•

Shikhan (4%)

•

Mangal (1%)
Charboran District

•

Kharoti (100%)

o

Umbar Khel

o

Alizai
Omna District

•

Sulimankhel (90%)

o

Hassan Khan Khel (largest)

•

Waroki

•

Kharoti (10%)

o Zwaki Khel

Sar Hawza District

•

Kharoti (85%)

o

Adi Khel

•

Mirzak

o

Zaku Khel

•

Alizai

•

Shatori

•

Sunder Khel

•

Sarntwan Khel

•

Sulimankhel (15%)

o

Sultani (only Sulimankhel tribe in Sar Hawza)
Zeruk District

•

Zadran (100%)

o

Peroz Khel (50%)

•

Stan Khel

o

Ali Khan Khel (50%)

•

Sorayi

•

Alamay

•

Mada Kai
Naka District

•

Zadran 100%)

o

Tori Khel (largest)

o

Janat Khel (2nd largest)

o

Sadak

o Sipai Khel

Paktika Personalities. An Examination of the Tribes and the Significant People
of a Traditional Pashtun Province

Timothy S. Timmons
and

Rashid Hassanpoor
May 2007