The Durrānī, formerly known as Abdālī (ابدالي), are one of the largest tribes of Pashtuns. Their traditional homeland is in southern Afghanistan, straddling into Toba Achakzai in Balochistan, Pakistan, but they are also settled in other parts of Afghanistan and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Coronation of Ahmad Shah Durr-i-Durrān by Abdali chiefs at Kandahar in 1747
Graveyard of 19th-century Durrani princes and princesses in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Afghanistan
Ahmad Shah Durrani (1747–1772), founder of the Durrani Empire, belongs to Popalzai
King Amanullah Khan (1919–1929), under whom Afghanistan gained independence over its foreign policy from the British Raj
Pashto is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan, southern and eastern Afghanistan, and some isolated pockets of far eastern Iran near the Afghan border. It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani.
Parts of the day in Pashto