Mohmand

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Mohmand is one of the strongest[citation needed] Pashtun tribes, living in Afghanistan and western North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. Mohmands still live under strict tribal laws, and follow the code of Pashtunwali. In Pakistan the Mohmand Agency is an abode for Mohmands, further migrations from Afghanistan and Mohmand Agency have occurred and continue down to the plains of Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan.

Sub clans in Mohmands are. Tarakzai, Baizai, Halimzai, Khuwazai, Dawezai, Atman Khel, Bazid Khel, Kuda Khel.

The mohmand are divided into three main clans
Tarakzai,
Baezai,
Khwaezai.

The Tarakzai are again divided into:

Tarakzai proper.
Halimzai.
Momand of Ghazni Musa khel.-----Esa Khel-----Tarakzai-----Dado khel-----Mansur khel-----Masum khel
Burhan khel.

And then there are the afilliated clans:

Dawaezai.
Utmanzai.
Kukuzai.


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