Zadran (Pashtun tribe)

The Zadran (Pashto: ځدراڼ‎ dzadrāṇ; pronounced dzādroṇ in Khost-Paktia dialect), also spelled Dzadran, Jadran and Jandran, is a Pashtun tribe that inhabits an area in eastern Afghanistan and parts of Waziristan in neighboring Pakistan. They are mainly found in parts of the Loya Paktia and Khost areas, as well as in and around the town of Miranshah in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).^[1][2][3][4]

The Zadran are a branch of the Karlani tribal confederacy.^[5][6]

Prominent members of the Zadran tribe include:

Name	Notes
	Pacha Khan Zadran	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	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	2- Khalil Haqani 3- Ismail Haqani 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.
Shapoor Zadran	Afghani cricketer
Dawlat Zadran	Afghani cricketer
Najibullah Zadran	Afghani cricketer
Jan Baz Zadran	top aide to Pashtun warlord Sirajuddin Haqqani One of the most-wanted militant commanders in the AfPak theater of operations
Noor Ali Zadran	Afghani cricketer
Sangeen Zadran	Afghan militant and shadow governor of Paktika province

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. "Afghan power brokers: Playing the tribal loyalty card". Christian Science Monitor. 2002-06-10. Archived from the original on March 2, 2008. Retrieved 2015-08-23.
5. Coyle, Dennis Walter (August 2014). "Placing Wardak among Pashto varieties" (PDF). 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.

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