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The Wardak (Pashto: وردګ) or Wardag are a tribe of the Pashtun people.[2] That mainly live in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan. They migrated to the Wardak province in around 1730.[3] Although they are mainly found in Afghanistan, they can also be found in Peshawar, Attock and Dir in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[4]
Wardak, Dilazak, Musazai, and Hani, are first brother Orakzais and the Mangals tribes are Wardaks Step brothers [5]: 10 Wardak are famous for their hospitality
The Wardak Pashtun were notorious for their opposition to the British colonial occupiers in 1879-1880. During the Second Anglo-Afghan War, Ghazi Mohammad Jan Wardak led a force of 10,000 Afghans to rise up against the British forces near Kabul in December 1879.[6][7][8]
Just like other Pashtun tribes, Wardak tribe is divided into its own individual subtribes and clans
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