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The Mangal (Pashto: منگل) are a tribe of the Pashtun people residing in eastern Paktia and adjacent Khost provinces of Afghanistan.[citation needed]

Mangal
منگل‎
Languages
Pashto
Religion
  Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Khattaks · Zadrans · Zazais · Banuchis · Wazir
and other Karlani Pashtun tribes

Distribution

They live in the town of Tari Mangal, district Kurram, Pakistan. Some also live in the Loya Paktia (Greater Paktia) region.[citation needed]

History

In 1924 to 1925, the Mangal fought in the Khost rebellion (1924–1925).[1][need quotation to verify]

The Mangals also played a notable role in the late 20th century history of Afghanistan. The son and grandsons of the Mangals who toppled Habibullah Kalakani were recruited in the Afghan Army and educated in Soviet Military Academies. Consequently, they came back as ideological Communists who eventually joined military corp of the KHALQ faction and overthrew the Monarchy [2][need quotation to verify]

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Sources

References

  1. ^ Muḥammad, Fayz̤; Hazārah, Fayz̤ Muḥammad Kātib (1999). Kabul Under Siege: Fayz Muhammad's Account of the 1929 Uprising. Markus Wiener Publishers. p. 31. ISBN 9781558761551.
  2. ^ Rubin, Barnet R. (2002). The Fragmentation of Afghanistan. Yale University Press. pp. 115–152.


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