Afridi (pachtounes)The Afrīdī (اپريدی Aprīdai, plur. اپريدي Aprīdī; آفریدی) are a Pashtun tribe present in Pakistan. The Afridis are most dominant in the Spin Ghar range west of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, covering most of the Khyber Pass and Maidan in Tirah. Afridi migrants are also found in India, mostly in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. Herodotus, in his Histories, mentions a tribe named Aparytai (Ἀπαρύται) inhabiting the Achaemenid satrapy of Arachosia.
Groupes ethniques au PakistanLa notion de groupes ethniques au Pakistan est importante tant elle sous-tend des différences linguistiques et territoriales ainsi que des problématiques de répartition du pouvoir, qui ont parfois dégénéré en affrontements violents. Ils sont ainsi souvent appelés groupes ethno-linguistiques. Les principaux groupes ethniques correspondent en grande partie aux quatre provinces que compte le pays. Les Pendjabis liés à la province du Pendjab sont majoritaires dans le pays (45 %), suivis par les Pachtounes habitants surtout à Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (15 %) puis les Sindis de la province du Sind (14 %).
YusufzaiThe Yusufzai or Yousafzai (یوسفزی, jusəpˈzay), also referred to as the Esapzai (ايسپزی, iːsəpˈzay) , or Yusufzai Afghans historically, are one of the largest tribes of ethnic Pashtuns. They are natively based in the northern part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Malakand, Dir, Swat, Shangla, Buner, Swabi, Mardan, Bajaur, Peshawar, Tor Ghar), to which they migrated to from Kabul during the 16th century, but they are also present in smaller numbers in parts of Afghanistan, including Kunar, Kabul, Kandahar and Farah.
MahsudThe Mahsud or Mahsood or Mehsood or Mehsud (محسود), also spelled Maseed or Masid(ماسيد), is a Karlani Pashtun tribe inhabiting mostly the South Waziristan Agency in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan, now merged within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. A minor number of Maseed are settled in the Logar Province of Afghanistan, especially in Charkh District, Baraki barak and Muhammad Agha, but also in Wardak, Ghazni and Kunduz Provinces.
KarlaniKarlāṇī (کرلاڼي) is a Pashtun tribal confederacy. They primarily inhabit the FATA region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and certain parts of eastern Afghanistan. In the 16th century the Karlani founded the Karrani dynasty, the last dynasty to rule the Bengal Sultanate. Karlani means "adopted". The 17th century Mughal scribe Nimat Allah al-Harawi does not mention Karlani tribes in his Makhzan-i-Afghani. According to a legend, Karlan was the adopted son of Qais Abdur Rasheed, the eponymous ancestor of Pashtuns.
PachtounesLes Pachtounes (en pachto : پښتون ; en persan : پشتون ; en ourdou : پختون) ou Pathans (en ourdou : پٹھان ; en hindi : पठान paṭhān) ou Afghans (pachto :أفغان) sont un peuple iranien divisé en plusieurs grandes tribus et parlant surtout le pachto. Peuple fondateur de l’Afghanistan moderne avec Ahmad Shah Durrani au , les Pachtounes ont par ailleurs donné leur nom au pays, « afghan » étant un synonyme de « pachtoune ». La population pachtoune la plus importante se trouve toutefois au Pakistan, surtout dans la province de Khyber Pakhtunkhwa qui a pris leur nom.
