Wardaks and Tajaks in Attok (Punjab)

[Toramana]

Look Paki to me! I heard there are major Tajik people in Peshawar valley...there is a place called Qesakhawni in Peshawar.

Yes, you are right. There are many Tajaks in Peshawar Valley---One famous professor of Peshawar University now retired but still active and agile is Professor Iqbal Tajik---well-respected ---very prominent in left politics and with a large following in students and teachers...

There are many Tajiks in Charssada---One high ranking police official in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa that I know aout is Younis Sohail Tajik ---

In Swat, in Madayan and inhabiting a cluster of villages on the other side of River Swat, there are Akhund Khels who are the descendents of Akhun Darwaiza ---educated and influential in that area---They are also Tajaks---Liaq Zada Liaq the Pashto poet is probably one of them (am not sure about that)---

In Peshawar city of course you have Qazalbashan, Sardar Khels, etc. still speaking Persian at home...

In Dir, Swat, Charssada, you find them in greater numbers...

[gadoonwal]

That is ,,chach valley in attock distt.
The pashtu speaking villages of the area are serkay,daman,natopa,sheenkay,waisa and part of hazro city.
I have personally been there some of them are duranis,some delazaks,uthmanzais/yousufzais.
There are also many afghans refugees in attock now settled there.
I have met some tajiks but they were from afghanistan came during the war but never met any local tajik.
And even if there are some so whats the big deal.

[Michin Khel]

There are Wardaks and Tajaks in Attok...probably in a cluster of neighbouring villages prominent of which are Waisa and Rango. The two person I have heard.read about are Asif Fasihuddin Wardak, a politician and the other Navin Tajak a tv drama artist.

Does any body have any info about Wardaks and Tajaks of Attock?

kunde rishta war lazhay? nan sab afghaniano chaska tar bande lagi dale.

[Khyber Pass]

Here is a Wardak wedding at Waisa Attock---I think they are speaking Pashto.

Shahid Khan Wardag Wedding Dance 20th July 2011 - Waisa - YouTube

Read the video description, its in Manchester.

[attock1881]

My great grandfather migrated from Kabul to Attock (then Campbellpur) before migrating to Singapore. Our family have no knowledge or recollection of his ancestral locations. He was fluent in Pashto and Hindko. That much we know. I really wish there was a way for us to know more about his origins..

[KhanChango]

Majority of the Wardag Pashtuns reside in Waisa Attock. Here is a link to a brother who has lot of videos of waisa and is of Wardag tribe. As you can see in this video they speak little bit of hindko but majoirtyof the video is in pashto.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMqm...Apy6vQ&index=9

[KhanChango]

I heard my dad say Tajakai/Tajaka Not Tajak for the name of the village.

[tripledouble]

Majority of the Wardag Pashtuns reside in Waisa Attock. Here is a link to a brother who has lot of videos of waisa and is of Wardag tribe. As you can see in this video they speak little bit of hindko but majoirtyof the video is in pashto.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMqm...Apy6vQ&index=9

attock is in punjab