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Nurzai also spelled as Noorzai (Pashto: نورزی) is the name of a Pashtun tribe, part of the Panjpai section of Durrani Tareen Pashtuns.[1] Their name means "son of light" whereas Nur is an Arabic word that means "light", and "zai" means "son of" in the Pashto language. Tribally speaking, they are disputed by many Zirak Pashtuns to neither be Durrani nor Ghilji.[2] Historically the Noorzai tribe can be found in Kandahar province, as well as Helmand province, Herat and Farah. Furthermore, the tribe is even spread out as far as Pakistan.[3] They are specifically centered in Panjwai district, Maywand district, Nawzad, Garmsir and Washir district.[1] These places were infamous for being one of the main battlegrounds during the war in Afghanistan.
Nurzai also spelled as Noorzai (Pashto: نورزی) is the name of a Pashtun tribe, part of the Panjpai section of Durrani Tareen Pashtuns. Their name means...
The current leader of the Taliban - Hibatullah Akhundzada is a member of Nurzai Panjpai. Although many are bilingual in Dari Persian, the Durrani of southern...
Mohammad Arif Noorzai (born 1959) was a former minister of Border and Tribe Affairs for Afghanistan. He was elected to represent Kandahar Province in Afghanistan's...
(1967) The Tent Pegs of Heaven: A Journey Through Afghanistan, p168 Kubra Nurzai, 1932-1986, 1st Woman Minister of Afghanistan Abarzanan Tamim Ansary (2012)...
is a Durrani Pashtun belonging to the Nurzai (var. Noorzai) tribe of the Panjpai tribal confederation. The Nurzai and greater Durrani Pashtuns are historically...
Durrani chiefs to plot against the shah. Painda Khan and the chiefs of the Nurzai and the Alizai Durrani clans were executed, as was the chief of the Qizilbash...
the Taliban ranks. Dissidents within the Taliban, particularly from the Nurzai tribe, unhappy with the appointment of Mansour as the new chief, formed...
confederation found primarily in southern Afghanistan. The confederation's tribes are generally given as the Alizai, Ishakzai and Nurzai. [citation needed] v t e...
populations native to Loy Kandahar include the Tareen, Barakzai, Alizai, Nurzai, Hotak, Alakozai, and Popalzai. Baloch tribes are concentrated in the southern...
province. The Pashtuns are divided into the following tribes: Barakzai (32%), Nurzai (16%), Alakozai (9%), and Eshaqzai (5.2%). All the inhabitants practice...
tribal confederations are represented, Tareen tribes: Popalzai, Barakzai, Nurzai, Achakzai; and the Ghilzai tribes: Tokhi, Hotak. The majority of land in...
be in his 70s (as of March 2023[update]). A Pashtun, he belongs to the Nurzai tribe. His first name, Hibatullah, means "gift from God" in Arabic. His...
Communications Minister Masoom Stanakzai Pashtun New Borders Minister Arif Nurzai Pashtun New (was Small Industries Minister) Refugees Minister Intayatullah...
Brahui, Tajik, Uzbek, and Hazara. The Pashtun tribes are mostly Barakzai and Nurzai. Almost all inhabitants except Hazaras follow Sunni Islam. Languages spoken...
Durrani chiefs to plot against the shah. Painda Khan and the chiefs of the Nurzai and the Alizai Durrani clans were executed, as was the chief of the Qizilbash...
Prime Minister of Afghanistan 1987 – May, 1990 Succeeded by Abdul Qayyum Nurzai Preceded by Abdul Wahed Sorabi First Vice President of Afghanistan July...
Communications Minister Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai New Borders Minister Arif Nurzai New (was Small Industries Minister) Refugees Minister Intayatullah Nazeri...
to the Durrani Pashtun tribe of the Alizai. The region is also home to Nurzai, Barakzai and Alakozai tribes, as well as other Durrani tribes and Kuchis...
the lands of Garmsir, Zamindawar, Deh Rawood, Uruzgan, and the Alizais, Nurzais, and Hazaras living there) Mehr Dil Khan (controlled the frontier bordering...
and many other villagers are Pashtun tribes of the Alizai, Barakzai, and Nurzai. However, the Kochi nomads make a sizeable population amongst the Pashtuns...
further raised the support of certain Barakzai, Achakzai, Ishaqzai, and Nurzai chiefs. Despite the support, Muhammad Saddiq Khan was defeated by Jalal...
about 800 shops. The plains about Shindand were highly cultivated by the Nurzai Duranis, each village protected by its own little mud fort. On August 10...
women. Four women were elected in the 1965 elections, where Miss Kubra Nurzai became minister for Public Health (first female minister in Afghanistan)...
was named as new Minister of Foreign Affairs. Ex-ministers Muhammad Aref Nurzai and Muhammad Shakir Kargar also gained seats in the cabinet, as did the...
Ministers Abdul Wahid Sorabi 21 May 1990 Nematullah Pazhwak Abdul Qayyum Nurzai Sarwar Mangal Mahbubullah Kushani Adviser Nur Ahmad Barits 21 May 1990 Faqir...
place" in Persian. Ahmad Shah sent Pashtun settlers from the Alizai and Nurzai tribes to occupy and farm the land. Between the 1950s and 1970s, Garmsir...
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