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The Akakhel, pronounced Akaa Khel or Akakhail (Pashto and Urdu: اکاخیل,آقاخیل), are a Pashtun sub-tribe of the Ghilji/Ghilzais confederation. Their mother language is Pashto. In the early 20th century, the tribe was generally pastoral. The Akakhel are one of the largest Ghilji Pashtun subtribes. A reasonable majority of those who were living on the Durand Line migrated since 1900 into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Punjab provinces of Pakistan to Sikander Abad (Jarra Kalay) Charsadda,Mangora ( Swat) Peshawar, Nowshera, Mardan, Attock, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Gujranwala, Gojra, Faisalabad, Lahore, Multan, Hyderabad, Karachi and Quetta.
Tribal Research Cell of Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Home and Tribal Affairs Department, have provided the available old/historical record copies of the Akakhail tribe since British era i.e. 1932-34.In which it is clearly stated that: (the original words of the copies) "217. The Aka Khel are true Ghilzais and related to the Ali Khel and Sulaiman Khel with whom they are friendly. The association of Aka Khel of Katawaz and Ali Khel with the Sulaiman Khel of Katawaz is so close that, often, when asked to what tribe they belong, they say that they are Sulaiman Khel. The tribe is almost entirely nomadic. Those who come from Katawaz to the Damam of Dera Ismail Khan in winter use the Gomal route, and they form only a comparatively small portion of the whole tribe. Many of the Aka Khel spend the summer in the Hazarajat and in autumn take their families to Ningarhar, carrying on trade between Kabul and Peshawar. Considerable number are also to be found during winter in the Charsadda and Mardan Sub-division of the Peshawar District, also in the Loralai and Sibi District of Baluchistan. As is the case with some other tribes also, the northern nomads, who visit Ningrahar and Peshawar District in winter, have practically no political connection with those who winter in Dera Ismail Khan and Baluchistan. There are also some Aka Khel, long since separated from those mentioned above who are locally nomadic in Afghan Turkistan and Bokhara, where they keep flocks."
then on the same page of the copies there is type of tree table which depicts Aka Khel and all its sub Tribes. These sub tribes includes 1) Sikandar Khel and its subtribes including Zar Gul Khel, Aman Gul Khel, Firo or niz(no clearly visible in copies), and other 5 or 6 other sections of the Sikandar Khel which move between Hazarajat and Ningrahar 2) Salim Khel including Gander Khel, Meri Khel, Logari, Tut Khwara 3) Nurbei Khel inclucing subtribes Khushdil Khel, Nazirwal, Hakimwal, Moghalwal. 4) and one other tribe which name is not clearly visible and written by type writer but its something like ..dakzai which have to major subtribes including first Badin Khel with 3 other subsubtribes in Badin Khel, and Second Subtribe Abdal Rahm Khel with 7 subsub-tribes and 17 further subtypes and 8 other sub-tribes in the tree." These copies are duly attested by the Tribal Research Cell by Khyper Pakhtunkhwa, Home and Tribal Affairs Department along with sign dated 12 / 03 / 2013.
The population of this clan is estimated at 1 million worldwide. About 85% of the Akakhel population lives in Pakistan and about 1% or 2% lives in Afghanistan. The remainder live in England, Germany, United Arab Emirates, China, Malaysia, Canada and the United States of America. People of Aka Khel tribes living in Pakistan have their basic roots in Pakistan community but are still facing problems of self recognition and identity rights just because of their resemblance in pushto dialect to the afghan people. The famous Akakhel personalities are Haji Sharafat Khan Akakhel,Mir Zaman Khan Akakhel and Jannat Gul nowadays. Haji Sharafat Khan is very famous among them due to his conviction to the others,He always try to help needy persons in every aspect.His devotion and his work is important to the society.He is also the President of PML(N) of his town due to dedication of his work.