The Zazi ( ps, ځاځي; plur. ځاځی), also spelled Zazai, or Jaji, is a Karlani

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tribe. They are found in

Paktia Paktia ( Pashto/ Dari: – ''Paktyā'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the east of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktia Province is divided into 15 districts and has a population of roughl ...

and

Khost Khōst ( ps, خوست) is the capital of Khost Province in Afghanistan. It is the largest city in the southeastern part of the country, and also the largest in the region of Loya Paktia. To the south and east of Khost lie Waziristan and Kurram ...

provinces in the Loya Paktia region of southeastern

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, as well as Kurram Valley of Pakistan, but also have an effective presence in

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, Logar,

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, Nangharhar,

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, and Baghlan in Afghanistan.

Ethnicity and geography

The Zazi are

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Muslims. The tribe is inhabited in four major geographic locations in Afghanistan and Pakistan: *Aryob Zazi: in Paktia province *Ahmad Khel : in Paktia province *Dand Pathan: in Paktia province *Kabul: in Kabul province *Maidan Zazi: district in Khost province *Kwarma (Kurram) Zazi:

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in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas

Notable Zazi

Qutbuddin Hilal Qutbuddin Hilal (Pashto: قطب الدين هلال) (born 1952) is an Afghan politician, who served as the Deputy prime minister in 1993 and 1996 during the tenure of Burhanuddin Rabbani when Gulbuddin Hekmatyar was Prime Minister. He announce ...

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during the period of Mujahideen (

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ( ps, ګلب الدين حكمتيار; born 1 August 1949) is an Afghan politician, former mujahideen leader and drug trafficker. He is the founder and current leader of the Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin political party, so calle ...

) and member of

Hezbi Islami Hezb-e-Islami (also ''Hezb-e Islami'', ''Hezb-i-Islami'', ''Hezbi-Islami'', ''Hezbi Islami''), lit. Islamic Party, was an Islamist organization that was commonly known for fighting the Communist Government of Afghanistan and their close ally ...

from

Zazi Maidan district Zazi Maidan District ( ps, ځاځي ميدان ولسوالۍ), or Jaji Maidan or Dzadzi Maidan, is located in the northeastern part of Khost Province, Afghanistan. It borders Bak District to the west, Paktia Province to the north, and the Kurram ...

. *

Nabi Misdaq Nabi Misdaq ( ps, نبي مصداق) is an Afghan author and a journalist. He was the founder and head of the Pashto Section at BBC World Service in the early 1980s. In 2015, bspecial decree and under the 64th article of the constitution, Presid ...

, founder of BBC Pashto service. *

Najibullah Zazi Najibullah Zazi (born August 10, 1985) is an Afghan-American who was arrested in September 2009 as part of the 2009 U.S. al Qaeda group accused of planning suicide bombings on the New York City Subway system, and who pleaded guilty as have two o ...

(born 1985), Afghan-born man imprisoned in the US for terrorist offenses; father is

Mohammed Wali Zazi The 2009 New York City Subway and United Kingdom plot was a plan to bomb the New York City Subway as well as a target in the United Kingdom. In September 2009, several individuals fell under suspicion and were arrested due to fears that a suspecte ...

. *

Mustafa Zazai Mustafa Zazai (born 9 May 1993) is an Afghan footballer who plays as a midfielder for C-League club Boeung Ket. He also plays for the Afghanistan national team. Early life Zazai was born in Kabul in 1993, to a Pashtun family. He moved to Ge ...

* (born 1993), professional footballer.

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{{Pashtun tribes Karlani Pashtun tribes

Ethnicity and geography

Notable Zazi

See also

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