The Musa Khel, or Moosa Khel, is a
Pashtun tribe
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of
Ghilzai
The Ghiljī (, ; ) also spelled Khilji, Khalji, or Ghilzai and Ghilzay (), are one of the largest Pashtun tribes. Their traditional homeland is Ghazni and Qalati Ghilji in Afghanistan but they have also settled in other regions throughout the ...
origin. They are a sub-clan of the
Andar tribe. The tribe resides in the tribal range of
Musakhel Shangla
Shangla District (, ) is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The district's headquarters are located at Alpuri, while the largest city and commercial center is Besham. The district was established in 1995, having p ...
(mostly in Puran tehsil and few in
Chakesar
Chakesar is a town and tehsil of the Shangla District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is situated about 6 km in the north-west on the right bank of the Indus River. Chakesar was given the status of Tehsi ...
) and
Batagram Districts in the
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
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province of
Pakistan
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. They also reside in the
Khost
Khōst () 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 Agency, Kurram i ...
and
Ghazni
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provinces of
Afghanistan
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.
[Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) ]
Khost Provincial Overview
' Program for Culture and Conflict Studies The Musakhel originally migrated from Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The Musakhel tribe enjoy unique history due to its location. Musakhel in Mianwali district of Punjab borders the district of the southern Pashtun belt. It separates the Pashtun belt from the Baloch belt and Punjab (Tunsa).
References
External links
Balochistan.gov.pkKhel Bāzār, PK, Pakistan, Asia/Karachi, PK.02, PPL, 30.8666667, 69.8166667, BalochistānBBC article (in Urdu)PASHTUN TRIBAL DYNAMICS
Gharghashti Pashtun tribes
Pashto-language surnames
Pakistani names
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