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Musakhel

Musakhel can refer to:

  • the Musakhel tribe of Afghanistan and Pakistan
  • Musakhel District, Afghanistan, part of the province of Khost, Afghanistan
    • Musakhel, Khost, the administrative centre of the district of the same name in the province of Khost, Afghanistan
  • Musakhel District, Pakistan, part of the province of Balochistan, Pakistan
    • Musakhel Bazar, a administrative centre of the district of the same name in the province of Balochistan, Pakistan
  • Musakhel, Punjab, a village in Mianwali district in the province of Punjab, Pakistan
Musakhel (Pashtun tribe)

The Musa Khel, or Moosa Khel, is a Pashtun tribe of Gharghasht origin and is part of the greater Kakar tribe. The tribe originates from Ghazni province in Afghanistan and resides in the tribal range of Musakhel and Batagram District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Moosa Khel has the lowest literacy rate in Pakistan—10.37%—and is also a sub-tribe to Babozai, which is part of the major Pashtun tribe.