Zadran tribe

The Zadran or Dzadranr is a tribe within the Pashtun ethnic group, originating in the "Dzadran arc" of Afghanistan, which includes the Wazi Zadran, Shwak and Gerda Serai districts of Paktia,^[1] Nika, Zaruk, Gayan and Urgun districts of Paktika,^[2] and parts of Qalandar, Nadar Shah Kot and Spira districts of Khost.^[3] Few members of the tribe can be also found in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border.^[4] According to the Asia Times the Zadran is a branch of the Sulaiman Khel.^[5] According to Zadran.com Zadran are a branch of the Karlanri supertribe.^[6]

Prominent members of the Zadran tribe include:

Name	Notes
Pacha Khan	One of the leaders of an anti-Taliban militia who participated in the Bonn Conference that picked Hamid Karzai as President of Afghanistan.^[4] Rewarded with the Governorship of Paktia Province by Karzai in 2002. By 2003 he was regarded as an uncontrollable renegade warlord by the American forces Elected to Afghanistan's national assembly in 2004. Brother of Amanullah Zadran and Kamal Khan Zadran.
Abdul Wali Khan	Son of Pacha Khan, military commander of Gardez in 2002.^[4]
Amanullah Zadran	Minister of the Interior, 2002.^[4] Brother of Pacha Khan and Kamal Khan Zadran.
Kamal Khan Zadran	Appointed Governor of Khost Province in 2002.^[7] Brother of Pacha Khan and Amanullah Zadran.
Jalal Ud Din Haqqani	Senior Taliban commander^[4] Brother of Ibrahim Haqqani
Ibrahim Haqqani	Military commander for Paktia Province.^[4] Brother of Jalal Ud Din Haqqani
Saad Akbar Babrak	Assassinated Liaquat Ali Khan the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1951.

References

^ "Zadran: Pashtun tribe mainly residing in the “Zadran Arc” a 9-district area encompassing portions of the Paktya, Paktika and Khowst provinces.", Paktia Executive Summary on nps.edu
^ Paktika Executive Summary on nps.edu
^ Khost Executive Summary on nps.edu
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Afghan power brokers: Playing the tribal loyalty card". Christian Science Monitor. 2002-06-10. http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0610/p01s03d-wosc.html. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
^ Syed Saleem Shahzad (2002-03-07). "Taliban draw strength from tribal roots". Asia Times. http://www.atimes.com/c-asia/DC07Ag01.html. Retrieved 2009-06-08. "Maulana Jalaluddin Haqqani, who captured Khost province from the communist militia in 1991, hails from the Zadran tribe, which is a branch of the Soloman Khail. Similarly, most of the Taliban in Paktia hail from the Galzai or one of its branches. This makes for strong blood ties."
^ Zadran Family Tree on zadran.com
^ Scott Baldauf (2002-07-29). "Firefight shows strong Al Qaeda persistence". Christian Science Monitor. http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0729/p01s01-wosc.html. Retrieved 2009-06-27.