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Sulaimankhel
The Sulaimankhel (), or Suleiman Khel, are a Pashtun sub-tribe of the Khilji tribe. As they are primarily Nomadic People. In the early 20th century, the tribe was recognized as generally pastoral. History In 1924, Sulaimankhel took part in the Khost Rebellion standing beside King Amanullah Khan led by the Dustukhel sub-tribe of Sulaimankhel. The population of this tribe mainly lives in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of India. (Alikhel), Umer Khel, is a brother tribe of the Slemakhel tribe. Former Paktika governor Gulab Mangal said Sulaimankhel provided most of the Taliban's and Democratic Republic of Afghanistan recruits in the province. As a result, the level of activity of anti-coalition militias remains high in areas controlled by Sulemankhel. The prejudice of some sub-tribes against the Taliban may be explained, in part, by their proximity to the Pakistani border, influx of insurgents and extremist politics. Umer Khel is also one of the well-known tribes of Pakistan alo ...
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Pashtun People
Pashtuns (, , ; ;), also known as Pakhtuns, or Pathans, are an Iranic ethnic group primarily residing in southern and eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. They were historically also referred to as Afghans until 1964 after the term's meaning had become a demonym for all citizens of Afghanistan regardless of their ethnic group. The Pashtuns speak the Pashto language, which belongs to the Eastern Iranian branch of the Iranian language family. Additionally, Dari serves as the second language of Pashtuns in Afghanistan, while those in Pakistan speak Urdu and English. In India, the majority of those of Pashtun descent have lost the ability to speak Pashto and instead speak Hindi and other regional languages. There are an estimated 350–400 Pashtun tribes and clans with a variety of origin theories. In 2021, Shahid Javed Burki estimated the total Pashtun population to be situated between 60 and 70 million, with 15 million in Afghanistan. Others who accept the ...
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Ghilji
The Ghiljī (, ; ) also spelled Khilji, Khalji, or Ghilzai and Ghilzay (), are one of the largest Pashtuns, Pashtun tribes. Their traditional homeland is Ghazni and Qalati Ghilji in Afghanistan but they have also settled in other regions throughout the Afghanistan-Pakistan Pashtun belt. The modern nomadic Kochi people are predominantly made up of Ghilji tribes. The Ghilji make up around 20–25% of Afghanistan's total population. They mostly speak the Central Pashto, central dialect of Pashto with transitional features between the Southern Pashto, southern and Northern Pashto, northern varieties of Pashto. Etymology According to historian Clifford Edmund Bosworth, C.E. Bosworth, the tribal name "Ghilji" is derived from the name of the ''Khalaj people, Khalaj'' () tribe. According to historian Vladimir Minorsky, V. Minorsky, the ancient Turkic languages, Turkic form of the name was ''Qalaj'' (or ''Qalach''), but the Turkic /voiceless uvular stop, q/ changed to /Voiceless vel ...
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Khost Rebellion (1924–1925)
The Khost rebellion, also known as the 1924 Mangal uprising, the Khost revolt or the Mangal Revolt was an uprising against the Westernization and modernizing reforms of Afghanistan’s king, Amanullah Khan. The uprising was launched in Southern Province, Afghanistan, and lasted from March 1924 to January 1925. It was fought by the Mangal Pashtun tribe, later joined by the Sulaiman Khel, Ali Khel, Jaji, Jadran and Ahmadzai tribes. After causing the death of over 14,000 Afghans, the revolt was finally quelled in January 1925. It was the first conflict to involve the Afghan Air Force. Background Prior to 1924, the city of Khost had rebelled twice: the first rebellion took place from 1856 to 1857 and was fought by Khostwal and Waziri tribesmen against the rule of Dost Mohammad Khan. The second rebellion took place in 1912 and was a rebellion by the Mangal, Jadran, and Ghilzai tribes against the "rapacity and exactions" of the local governor, and saw Habibullah Kha ...
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King Amanullah Khan
Ghazi Amanullah Khan (Pashto/Dari: ; 1 June 1892 – 26 April 1960) was the sovereign of Afghanistan from 1919, first as Emir and after 1926 as King, until his abdication in 1929. After the end of the Third Anglo-Afghan War in August 1919, Afghanistan was able to relinquish its protected state status to proclaim independence and pursue an independent foreign policy free from the influence of the United Kingdom. His rule was marked by dramatic political and social change, including attempts to modernise Afghanistan along Western lines. He did not fully succeed in achieving this objective due to an uprising by Habibullah Kalakani and his followers. On 14 January 1929, Amanullah abdicated and fled to neighbouring British India as the Afghan Civil War began to escalate. From British India, he went to Europe, where after 30 years in exile, he died in Zürich, Switzerland on 26 April 1960. His body was brought to Afghanistan and buried in Jalalabad near his father Habibullah Khan' ...
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Alikhel
Alikhil,speni oba, malm Jaba, Swat Pakistan Alikhel () or Alikhil or ‘’’Alikhail’’’ is a Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. Alikhel belongs to the tribe of the Panni confederation of Pashtuns. It is considered a "brother tribe" of the Sulaimankhel.Neamet Ullah History of the Afghans, Bernhard Dorn, 1836, p=49 In 1924, the Alikhel joined in the Khost Rebellion initiated by the Mangal tribe. Clans: (Nipkhel) (Uriakhail) (Minzai) (HazarKhel) (Mamozai) (Isapkhail) See also * Ali Khil, Speni Oba, Malam Jaba, Swat,Pakistan * Ali Khel, Orakzai Agency, Pakistan * Ali Khel, Jalandhar, Punjab, India * Ali Khel, a district in Ghazni, Afghanistan * Ali Khel, Waziristan, a town in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan * Ali Khel, a town in Balochistan, Pakistan * Ali Khel, Malakand, Swat KPK, Pakistan * Ali Khel, Paktia, Afghanistan * Ali Khel, district of Laghman, Afghanistan * Ali Khel, Azakhel Bala, Nowshera of KPK province of Pakis ...
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List Of Governors Of Paktika
This is a list of the governors of the province of Paktika, Afghanistan. Governors of Paktika Province See also * List of current governors of Afghanistan Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Governors of Paktika Paktika Paktika (Pashto: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktika has a population of about 789,000 residents, who are mostly ethnic Pashtuns but smal ... * ...
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Paktika Province
Paktika (Pashto: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktika has a population of about 789,000 residents, who are mostly ethnic Pashtuns but smaller communities of Tajiks and others may also be found in the province. The town of Sharana serves as the provincial capital, while the most populous city is Urgun. In 2021, the Taliban gained control of the province during the 2021 Taliban offensive. Geography Paktika sits adjacent to the Durand Line border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. It is bordered by the Khost and Paktia provinces to the north. The western border is shared with the provinces of Ghazni and Zabul. The South Waziristan and North Waziristan agencies are to the east of Paktika, while Zhob District of the Balochistan province of Pakistan borders it the southeast. The Shinkay Hills run through the center of Paktika; Toba Kakar Range runs along the border with Pa ...
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Pashtunwali
Pashtunwali (), also known as Pakhtunwali and Afghaniyat, is the traditional lifestyle or a code of honour and tribal code of the Pashtuns, Pashtun people, from Afghanistan and Pakistan, by which they live. Many scholars widely have interpreted it as being "the way of the Pashtuns" or "the code of life". Pashtunwali is widely practised by Pashtuns in the Pashtunistan, Pashtun-dominated regions. Pashtunwali dates back to ancient pre-Islamic times. Overview The Indigenous peoples, native Pashtun tribes, often described as fiercely independent people, who inhabit the Pashtunistan region (southeastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan) follow this traditional code of conduct that governs the social behaviour and values of the Pashtuns, which is called Pashtunwali, and it is described as being Ancient history, ancient, which the Pashtuns follow and predates Islam. Because of that, much of their mountainous territory has remained outside government rule or control. Pashtun resistanc ...
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Azad Khan Afghan
Azād Khān Afghān ( Persian, ), or Azād Shāh Afghān () (died 1781), was a Pashtun military commander and a major contender for supremacy in western Iran after the death of Nader Shah Afshar in 1747.Perry, J. R. (1987), "Āzād Khan Afḡān", in: ''Encyclopædia Iranica'', Vol. III, Fasc. 2, pp. 173-174Online(Accessed February 20, 2012). Azad rose to power between 1752 and 1757, and had his power base in the Azarbaijan region (at various points in his career occupying parts of Central and Western Iran, as well as Kurdistan and Gilan). Azad was a contemporary of Ahmad Shah Durrani, the founder of the Durrani Empire. Early life career Azad was born in Andar town in the east of Ghazni, Afghanistan, into the Suleiman Khēl clan of the Ghilji Pashtun confederacy. He was reportedly a descendant of Mirwais Hotak. He joined Nader Shah's army around 1738 and took part in his campaigns in India and Iran. At the time of Nader's murder, he was second-in-command to Amir Aslan Kha ...
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Sulaiman Layeq
Sulaiman Layeq (born Ghulam Mujaddid) (Dari /, sometimes also Romanised as Laeq or Laiq) (12 October 1930 - 31 July 2020) was an Afghan communist politician (belonging to the Parcham faction), ideologue and poet who held the positions of President of the Academy of Sciences, full member of the Afghan Politburo, and Minister of Nationalities and Tribal Affairs. Biography Sulaiman Layeq was born to a Sulaimankhel Pashtun family in Sharana. His father Abdul Ghani named him Ghulam Mujaddid. Abdul Ghani was a religious tribal figure who had fought the British during the Afghan War of Independence. His father was a ''khalifa'' of the Naqshbandi Sufi order led by the influential Mojaddedi family of scholars. In 1935 his father would serve as the personal imam to Prime Minister Mohammad Hashim for the next 17 years. Layeq's father would enroll him in the prestige Habibia High School in 1940. In 1947 Layeq attended a state-run madrasas in Paghman. It was there he adopted the name Sulai ...
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Parcham
Parcham (Pashto/ Dari: پرچم, ) was the more moderate socialist faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) led by Afghan communist politician Babrak Karmal. It was later turned into the Watan (Homeland) Party with a more Islamic outlook under Mohammed Najibullah. The faction was formed directly after the founding of the Party in 1965 following ideological splits in the PDPA. While the Parchamites stressed the need for swift social-economic reforms to achieve revolution, this was in direct contrast with their PDPA rivals, the Khalqists, who sought an immediate and violent overthrow of the government. Karmal believed that Afghanistan was not developed enough for a Leninist revolutionary approach and instead sought a patriotic and anti-imperialist united front to take the next steps toward revolution. History In 1965, Babrak Karmal and Nur Muhammad Taraki established the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan. By 1967, the party split into diffe ...
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Zaman Khan
Zaman Khan (; born 10 September 2001) is a professional cricketer from Pakistan who plays for Pakistan national cricket team. In September 2021, he was named in Northern's squad for the 2021–22 National T20 Cup. He made his Twenty20 debut on 23 September 2021, for Northern in the 2021–22 National T20 Cup. In December 2022 He was signed by Jaffna Kings for 2022 Lanka Premier League. He made his international debut on 24 March 2023 against Afghanistan. Because of his side-arm bowling action he is regularly compared to former Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga. Early career Khan was born on 10 September 2001 in Chakswari, Mirpur District, Azad Kashmir. His father was against his wishes to play cricket, enrolling him into a madrasa after school, with Khan continuing to learn the Qur’an by heart today, but, through the encouragements of his uncle, he later joined different cricket clubs in Mirpur and through his performances and bowling speed he was noticed and got a ch ...
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