The
Khattak ( , ), or
Khatak, is a
Pashtun tribe numbering over 3 million, which speaks a
variant of the softer Kandahari
Pashto. The Khattaks are settled along the western bank of the
Indus River from as north upwards as
Lund Khwar,
Katlang, Sawal dher,
Sher Garh and near
Malakand,
Nowshera District ,Kohat District, Mianwali District, Attock District &
Karak District in
Pakistan. Across the
Durand line, a smaller number of Khattaks are scattered in
Kandahar,
Ghazni,
Logar and
Khost in
Afghanistan. The historic capitals of the Khattaks were ( Teri ) a town at District Karak and
Akora Khattak, a town at District Nowshera.