The Halimzai are the largest sub-tribe or clan of the

Mohmand The Mohmand () or Momand is a prominent tribe of Pashtun people. Distribution They are based primarily in the Mohmand territory, which is located in Nangarhar, Afghanistan and Mohmand Agency, Pakistan. In Afghanistan, their areas of presence i ...

Pashtun 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 ...

tribe. They live primarily in the

Mohmand Agency Mohmand District (, ) is a district in Peshawar Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas, with merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it became a district. It ...

of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of

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. Part of their territory includes the historic Gandab valley that runs north west from Pir Killa (charsadda), a village on the Michni Shabqadar road,and some of them moved to Afghanistan living in Rodat district, Shabqadaris 32 km north of Peshawar.FATA: Historical and Administrative Profile of the Mohmand Agency
retrieved 27 April 2009

Political Importance

This tribe is one of the strongest among other sub-tribe due its central location as Ghalanai is the capital of

and Gandhab is the biggest Bazzar of Mohmand agency. Government mainly depends upon Halimzai tribe. Gandhab is divided into Upper and Lower Gandhab.

Halimzai subsections

Halimzai is sub divided into the following three sub tribes: * ''Hamza Khel'' * ''Wali Baig'' * ''Kadi Khel''

Governance

On 2 February 2009, a fifty-member Jirga of the Mohmand assured the government of its support against militancy and pledged to fulfil their consequent territorial responsibilities. In the past they have: handed over heavy weapons originating in Afghanistan, agreed to not to afford sanctuary to foreigners and agreed to co-operate with the government in acting against those who damage public property. These agreements are enforced within their territory by taking internal action, with punishments that include fines, demolition of property and expulsions from the Agency. In the past they have: handed over heavy weapons originating in Afghanistan, agreed to not to afford sanctuary to foreigners and agreed to co-operate with the government in acting against those who damage public property. Tribal elders from both the Halimzai and the Safi have co-operated to avoid tensions between their respective communities and to control activities seen as objectionable to Pashtun society.

References

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