Pashtun tribes

Pashtun Sufi Saint

thumb|220px|Kochi people on the move in Panjshir Province of [[Afghanistan]] thumb|A Kochi girl in southern Afghanistan with her sheep

units of the Eastern Iranian ethnic group

Barakzai is the name of a Pashtun tribe from Afghanistan. "Barakzai" is a common name among the Pashtuns, and it means 'son of Barak' in Pashto. According to the Encyclopædia Iranica, "In the detailed Pashtun genealogies there are no fewer than seven instances of the ethnic name Bārakzī, at very different levels of tribal segmentation. Six of them designate simple lineages within six different tribes located in the Solaymān mountains or adjacent lands... The seventh instance, on the other hand, designates one of the most important Pashtun tribes in numbers and historic role, part of the Zīrak

The Tareen (or Tarin) () is the largest Pashtun tribe inhabiting southern Afghanistan and the western region of Pakistan.

Pashtun tribe

Sudhan are a tribe of the Poonch Division of the Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir region, with their population primarily concentrated in the districts of Poonch and Sudhanoti, and smaller populations in the neighbouring areas of Bagh and Kotli. According to oral traditions, the Sudhans allegedly originated from Pashtun areas, and are regarded as the founding tribe of the Sudhanoti region, which bears their name.

Pashtun tribe

Mashwani () (also Mishwani, Meshwani, Moshwani, Mushwani, ) is Arab origin tribe mainly settled in different parts of Afghanistan and Iran, in additionIsmail Araj) to some other neighboring regions. They are Afghans by adoption and Arabs by descent. They use Mashwani, as their surnames. Mashwanis played a vital role in fighting against Sikh Khalsa army.