Mamund
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The Mamund are a Pashtun
tribe who are one of the four clans of Tarkanis. The tribe is located principally in the Watelai valley, but also owns villages on both sides of the Durand Line
. Majority of Mamund live in one of the seven tribal regions of Pakistan "Bajaur Agency", although Mamund also live in the Marawara District of Kunar Province in Afghanistan. Haji Mohammad Seraj Mamund is the current tribal head of Afghan Mamunds. Today the tribe population exceeds a little over a million.
Pashtun people
Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...
tribe who are one of the four clans of Tarkanis. The tribe is located principally in the Watelai valley, but also owns villages on both sides of the Durand Line
Durand Line
The Durand Line refers to the porous international border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, which has divided the ethnic Pashtuns . This poorly marked line is approximately long...
. Majority of Mamund live in one of the seven tribal regions of Pakistan "Bajaur Agency", although Mamund also live in the Marawara District of Kunar Province in Afghanistan. Haji Mohammad Seraj Mamund is the current tribal head of Afghan Mamunds. Today the tribe population exceeds a little over a million.