Khalil (Pashtun tribe)

The Khalil is a Pashtun tribe son of GhoryaKhel Pashtun primarily living in Pakistan with some members in  Nangarhar,  Herat,  Ghazni ,  Qandahar  of Afghanistan and in the Peshawar valley. To the west and south-west of Daudzai lie the settlements of the Khalils. GhoryaKhel had three sons, the edlest being named Khalil, middle was Mohamand (not to be confused with the Mohmand in the mountains between Afghanistan and Pakistan), and the third and youngest was Daud. All three of these tribes were named after the sons of GhoryaKhel and settled around Peshawar. The dividing center between the Khalil and Mohmand area is the Bara and the first village after the Bara stream towards the East claimed both by the Khalils and Mohmand tribes is "Sheikhan". The Khalils like Mohmands and Daudzais claim to be descendants of (Muhammad Ibrahim)  Ghoryakhel, son of Kand. There are eight main sub-divisions in the Khalil tribe.

• Astanzai
• Mattezai
• Barozai
• Ishakzai
• Trakzai
• Noorzai
• Afuzai
• Akazai