The Zazi ( ps, ځاځي; plur. ځاځی), also spelled Zazai, or Jaji, is a
Karlani Afghan
Afghan may refer to:
*Something of or related to Afghanistan, a country in Southern-Central Asia
*Afghans, people or citizens of Afghanistan, typically of any ethnicity
**Afghan (ethnonym), the historic term applied strictly to people of the Pash ...
tribe. They are found in
Paktia
Paktia ( Pashto/ Dari: – ''Paktyā'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the east of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktia Province is divided into 15 districts and has a population of roughl ...
and
Khost
Khōst ( ps, خوست) is the capital of Khost Province in Afghanistan. It is the largest city in the southeastern part of the country, and also the largest in the region of Loya Paktia. To the south and east of Khost lie Waziristan and Kurram ...
provinces in the
Loya Paktia region of southeastern
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is borde ...
, as well as
Kurram Valley of Pakistan, but also have an effective presence in
Kabul
Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into #Districts, 22 municipal dist ...
,
Logar,
Ghazni
Ghazni ( prs, غزنی, ps, غزني), historically known as Ghaznain () or Ghazna (), also transliterated as Ghuznee, and anciently known as Alexandria in Opiana ( gr, Αλεξάνδρεια Ωπιανή), is a city in southeastern Afghanistan ...
,
Nangharhar,
Kunduz
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, and
Baghlan in Afghanistan.
Ethnicity and geography
The Zazi are
Sunni
Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a dis ...
Muslims. The tribe is inhabited in four major geographic locations in Afghanistan and Pakistan:
*Aryob Zazi: in Paktia province
*Ahmad Khel : in Paktia province
*Dand Pathan: in Paktia province
*Kabul: in Kabul province
*Maidan Zazi: district in Khost province
*Kwarma (Kurram) Zazi:
District Kurram
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in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Notable Zazi
*
Qutbuddin Hilal
Qutbuddin Hilal (Pashto: قطب الدين هلال) (born 1952) is an Afghan politician, who served as the Deputy prime minister in 1993 and 1996 during the tenure of Burhanuddin Rabbani when Gulbuddin Hekmatyar was Prime Minister. He announce ...
,
Deputy Prime Minister
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of
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is borde ...
during the period of Mujahideen (
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ( ps, ګلب الدين حكمتيار; born 1 August 1949) is an Afghan politician, former mujahideen leader and drug trafficker. He is the founder and current leader of the Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin political party, so calle ...
) and member of
Hezbi Islami
Hezb-e-Islami (also ''Hezb-e Islami'', ''Hezb-i-Islami'', ''Hezbi-Islami'', ''Hezbi Islami''), lit. Islamic Party, was an Islamist organization that was commonly known for fighting the Communist Government of Afghanistan and their close ally ...
from
Zazi Maidan district
Zazi Maidan District ( ps, ځاځي ميدان ولسوالۍ), or Jaji Maidan or Dzadzi Maidan, is located in the northeastern part of Khost Province, Afghanistan. It borders Bak District to the west, Paktia Province to the north, and the Kurram ...
.
*
Nabi Misdaq
Nabi Misdaq ( ps, نبي مصداق) is an Afghan author and a journalist. He was the founder and head of the Pashto Section at BBC World Service in the early 1980s. In 2015, bspecial decree and under the 64th article of the constitution, Presid ...
, founder of
BBC Pashto service.
*
Najibullah Zazi
Najibullah Zazi (born August 10, 1985) is an Afghan-American who was arrested in September 2009 as part of the 2009 U.S. al Qaeda group accused of planning suicide bombings on the New York City Subway system, and who pleaded guilty as have two o ...
(born 1985), Afghan-born man imprisoned in the US for terrorist offenses; father is
Mohammed Wali Zazi
The 2009 New York City Subway and United Kingdom plot was a plan to bomb the New York City Subway as well as a target in the United Kingdom.
In September 2009, several individuals fell under suspicion and were arrested due to fears that a suspecte ...
.
*
Mustafa Zazai
Mustafa Zazai (born 9 May 1993) is an Afghan footballer who plays as a midfielder for C-League club Boeung Ket. He also plays for the Afghanistan national team.
Early life
Zazai was born in Kabul in 1993, to a Pashtun family. He moved to Ge ...
* (born 1993), professional footballer.
See also
*
Aryob
Aryob ( ps, اریوب) or Aryub is the main town of Zazi District in the Paktia Province of Afghanistan where the Zazi tribe of Pashtuns live.
*
Loya Paktia
References
{{Pashtun tribes
Karlani Pashtun tribes