Tarin

pashtun tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Tarin (also written as Tareen), are a large Pashtun tribe. They mostly live in parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan.[1]

The Durrani tribe, which ruled Afghanistan for quite some time, is a branch descended from the main Tarin tribe.[2]

References change

  1. Gankovsky, Y (1964) The Peoples of Pakistan:An Ethnic Study Lahore: Progressive Publishers Ltd, p.11
  2. RTI Ridgway, The Pathans 1911