Zadran (Pashtun tribe)

The Zadran (Pashto: ځدراڼ‎ dzadrāṇ; pronounced dzādroṇ in Khost-Paktia dialect), also spelled Dzadran, Jadran and Jandran, is a Pashtun/afghan tribe of Afghanistan, originating in a contiguous arc-shaped area in the east of Loya Paktia, which consists of Wuza Zadran, Shwak and Gerda Seray districts of Paktia province,[1] Nika, Ziruk, Gayan and Urgun districts of Paktika province,[2] and parts of Qalandar, Nadir Shah Kot and Spera districts of Khost province.[3] Few members of the tribe can be also found, Balochistan,Punjab,and northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border.[4] The Zadran are a branch of the Karlani tribal confederacy.[5][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.
Amanullah Zadran
Kamal Khan Zadran
Jalal Ud Din Haqqani
Ibrahim Haqqani

2- Khalil Haqani 3- Ismail Haqani

Saad Akbar Babrak

References

  1. ↑ "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
  2. ↑ Paktika Executive Summary on nps.edu
  3. ↑ Khost Executive Summary on nps.edu
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Afghan power brokers: Playing the tribal loyalty card". Christian Science Monitor. 2002-06-10. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
  5. ↑ Coyle, Dennis Walter (August 2014). "Placing Wardak among Pashto varieties". University of North Dakota:UND. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  6. ↑ Zadran Family Tree on zadran.com
  7. ↑ Scott Baldauf (2002-07-29). "Firefight shows strong Al Qaeda persistence". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2009-06-27.