Zazi is a Karlan

Karlan

Karlan or Kalanai is said to have been a direct descendant of Ghurghusht the second son of the legendary Qais Abdur Rashid, the folklorish ancestor of the Pashtun people. He was the son of Burhan himself the son of Ghurghusht. Because of the numerous tribes associated with his name, he is sometimes...

ri Pashtun

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. Zazi is the plural of Zazai, pronounced pronounced dzadzai.

Zazi is a sub-tribe of Khugyani which falls under the Karlanri tribe of the Pashtuns. They are primarily found in Paktia

Paktia Province

Paktia , is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, in the east of the country. Its capital is Gardez. The population is predominantly Pashtun.- History:...

 and Khost

Khost Province

Khost is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the east of the country. Khost province used to be part of Paktia province in the past...

 provinces of Afghanistan

Afghanistan

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, but they have a big population in Kabul

Kabul

Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...

 city and Baghlan province of Afghanistan as well. Zazis also reside in the Kurram Agency of North-West Frontier Province

North-West Frontier Province

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province and various other names, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, located in the north-west of the country...

, Pakistan

Pakistan

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. The Zazi are divided into nine wands: 1(Hashim Kehil),2(Lehwani), 3(Ada Khel), Petla (combined with the Allisemgeh), Husain Khel, Karaia Ahmad Khel, Ahmad Khel (combined with the Bayan Khel), Ali Khel, and the Jamu Khel.

The Zazi are similar to the Turi

Turi

The Turi or Torai inhabit the Kurram Valley, in Kurram Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. They speak Pashto and practice the Twelver Shia sect of Islam.-Pre-Imperial history:...

, except in that the Zazi are Sunni Muslims.

Zazi tribe is inhabited in four major geographic locations in Afghanistan and Pakhtunkhwa.

• Aryob Zazi Aryob zazi is in Paktia province and Zazi tribe is mostly associated with this area mainly because majority of this tribe live here.
• Maidan Zazi The district in the khost province.
• Kwarma (Kurram) Zazi Kwarma is a political agency in the Federal Administered Tribal Area (FATA) in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan bordering with Aryob Zazi. A large population of Zazi have started migrating to kwarma over the past few decades.
• Kabul Zazi A very large population of Zazi tribe are also living in the Kabul city of Kabul province. Majority of the population in areas like Kalacha, kart-e naw, Shashdarak, Pul-e Mahmood Khan are inhabited by Zazi.

Notable Zazi

*Eng. Kutbuddin Hilal
Eng. Kutbuddin Hilal was minister of Afghan government in the time period of mujahadden{ENG.Gulbuddin Hekmatyar} and most important member of hizbi_islami.engeriner kutbuddin hilal is from maidan zazai and active memebr of hizbi_islami

• Nabi Misdaq
  Nabi Misdaq
  Dr. Nabi Misdaq is an author and a journalist in Afghanistan. He was the founder and head of the Pashto Section at BBC World Service in the early 1980s.- Origins and education :...
  
  , founder of BBC
  BBC
  The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
  
   Pashto service
• Mohammad Omar Khan Mumtaz (died July 2006),A Tribal Chief Of Ali Khel Zazai Tribe OF Paktiya Province and owner of The Afghan Mumtaz Transport and Company and commercial properties,farmlands in Afghanistan. -->
• Akbar Khan Zazai (Armerkhel) died in 1971 at the place of Parachinar, Kurram Agency, which is close located area of Pakistan with Jaji "Aryob" Paktia of Afghanistan. He was the founder of Zazai Tribe at Parachinar, who migrated from village "Gul Ghundai" of Jaji "Aryobe" and settled in Parachinar.
• Capt Hamidullah Zazai A pilot by profession serving Ariana Afghan Airlines as Vice President of Operations.
• Abdul Wahab Zazai A gold medalist in Taek Wando in FEATHER WEIGHT OVER 51-55 KG 3rd International Taekwondo Championship in 2010.
• Majnoon Gulab Zazai, Minister Counsellor and Charged Affairs, Deputy Head of Mission, acting Ambassador

(20091021, 2010, 2011).

• Aashiqullah Zazai, Chief Executive Officer for Sohail Global Group, afghan construction and logistics company and implemented large number of projects. Mr. Aashiqullah Zazai has close coordination with Afghan Government and International agencies on the development sector of Afghanistan.
• Najibullah Zazi
  Najibullah Zazi
  Najibullah Zazi 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 has pled guilty as have two other defendants. U.S...
  
   (born 1985), citizen of Afghanistan
  Afghanistan
  Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
  
   and legal resident of the U.S. who pleaded guilty to planning acts of terrorism against the U.S.