Afghan Biographies

Qalat District Uruzgan Province


Name Qalat District Uruzgan Province
Ethnic backgr.
Date of birth
Function/Grade District Chief
History and Biodata

Qalat District Uruzgan Province Chief:
Abdul Khaliq Ayubi (20140330)

 

Background:
The capital of Uruzgan, Qalat, was formerly known as Qalat-i-Ghilzai (“Fort of the Ghilzai”), after the predominant local tribal group. The Ghilzai are the largest Pashtun tribal confederation, comprising as much as 24 percent of the Afghan population. But since the eighteenth century, when the rival Durranis—about 16 percent of the population—took Kandahar, the Afghan kingship, and with it the juiciest land, the Ghilzai have lived to large degree in sullen, semi-rebellious rural poverty. Much of the Taliban leadership comes from the Ghilzai.

Last Modified 2014-03-31
Established 2014-03-31