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The Afridi ( Apriday, plur. Afridi; ) is a Karlani Pashtun tribe present in Pakistan, with substantial numbers in Afghanistan. The Afridis are most dominant in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas, inhabiting about 100p mi² (3000 km²) of rough hilly area in the eastern Spin Ghar range west of Peshawar, covering most of Khyber Agency, FR Peshawar and FR Kohat. Their territory includes the Khyber Pass and Maidan in Tirah. Afridi migrants are also found in India, mostly in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jammu and Kashmir.
The Afridis are historically known for the strategic location they inhabit and their belligerence against outside forces; battling the Mughal dynasty's armies throughout Mughal rule. The later clashes against British expeditions comprised the most savage fighting of the Anglo-Afghan Wars.
After the independence of Pakistan, Afridi tribesmen also helped attack Jammu and Kashmir for Pakistan during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1947. Today, Afridis make use of their dominant social position in FATA and areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by controlling transport and various businesses, including trade in arms, munitions, and other goods.
The Afridi are Pashtuns, part of the Karlani tribal confederacy, who fought both against and with the British in Afghanistan during all three Anglo-Afghan wars. The British frequently classified the peoples that they conquered with fixed personality or “racial” traits and regarded the Pashtun Afridi tribesmen as “warlike” peoples and one of the Martial Race. Different Afridi clans cooperated with the British forces in exchange for subsidies, and some even served with the Khyber Rifles, an auxiliary force of the British Indian Army.
Afridis speak the Afridi Pashto.
The Afridis are a Pashtun tribe.
Afridi may also refer to:
- Afridi (surname)
- Afridi (Carthage), an ancient people of north Africa
-
, two ships of the Royal Navy
Afridi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Asad Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
- Latif Afridi (born 1943), Pakistani lawyer and politician
- Khatir Afridi (born 1929), Pakistani poet
- Mohammad Asghar Afridi (born 1950), Pakistani diplomat
- Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
- Shakil Afridi, Pakistani physician who allegedly helped the CIA locate Osama bin Laden
- Zeek Afridi, Pakistani singer
Usage examples of "afridi".
Yusef Shah, the Afridi chief, his three headmen and his American ally, and who had turned the friendly conference suddenly into a holocaust of murder.
Above him the huge Afridi braced his legs and held the rope as firmly as though it were bound to a tree.
It was a yell from beyond the arch whence the tall Afridi had first emerged.
Any British officer falling into the hands of the Afridi would, without question, be tortured to death.
Harry lay at the end of a narrow defile, thirty feet wide at the most at its base, overlooked on both sides by towering cliffs and by Afridi, each commanding a wide field of fire through which a rescuing force would need to pass.
Among recent activities on the part of the RAF and in which Fred had been closely involved had been an early experiment in aerial proscription, successful within limits but revealing the surprising fact that the slow-moving bombers available to the RAF at the time were vulnerable targets to Afridi and Wazir snipers on the ground.
Zakka Khel Afridi raiding down from the hills for guns and women, firing from the hip as they come.
Miss Coblenz has allowed herself to drift into the hands of a particularly inscrutable and shadowy young man of Afridi blood and her present whereabouts is precisely unknown.
Aslam who is Afridi and you can ride behind with Yussuf who is Khattack.
The Afridi have ears as keen as their eyes, Grace reminded him, and Joe was increasingly aware of scrutiny.
Grace added a pithy comment in Pushtu, apparently recognizing one of the Afridi as she called out his name.
But then something unexpected: one of the Afridi, apparently with a rush of insight, shouted at the others, his pronouncement accompanied by a loud guffaw.
With a new sense of urgency and all smiles, the leading Afridi waved the two gunmen to come down from their cliffs.
The Malik, standing with the Imam by his side, looked from Grace to the Scouts and to the pair of his Afridi warriors who had escorted the small group into the square.
Minutes later the senior Afridi woman emerged and for the first time Lily saw her smile.