The Zadran (Pashto: ځدراڼ dzadrāṇ; pronounced dzādroṇ in the Khost-Paktia dialect), also spelled Dzadran or Jadran, jandran, is a Pashtun tribe that inhabits the Loya Paktia region in southeastern Afghanistan (Khost, Paktia, and Paktika provinces) and Kurram Agency parts of Waziristan in neighboring Pakistan. "Zadran: Pashtun tribe mainly residing in the “Zadran Arc” a 9-district area encompassing portions of the Khost, Paktya, and Paktika provinces."[1][2][3][4]
The Zadran are a branch of the Karlani tribal confederacy.[5][6] They are the largest Pashtun tribal group in Afghanistan's mountainous southeastern region, usually found in areas that are unsuitable for settled agricultural production. They have a reputation for militancy dating to the Soviet–Afghan War. Well-known Taliban fighter Jalaluddin Haqqani, who in later years headed the Haqqani network, is of the Zadran tribe himself, though he is recognized for ending the malik system by forcing Mohammad Omar Babrakzai to leave Paktia province. Babrakzai was the most powerful malik, or tribal chieftain, of the Zadran in the 1980s.[7][8]
- ^ Paktia Executive Summary on nps.edu
- ^ Paktika Executive Summary on nps.edu
- ^ Khost Executive Summary on nps.edu
- ^ "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.
- ^ Coyle, Dennis Walter (2014). Placing Wardak Among Pashto Varieties (Master's thesis). University of North Dakota.
- ^ "Database". www.afghan-bios.info. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ^ Zellen, Barry Scott (2014). Culture, Conflict, and Counterinsurgency. Stanford University Press. p. 145. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ McFate, Montgomery (2015). Social Science Goes to War: The Human Terrain System in Iraq and Afghanistan. Oxford University Press. p. 108. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
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