Khattak
![Karlani Afghan Tribes Genealogy & Family Tree.](/Images/godic/202501/22/Karlani_Afghan_Tribes_Genealogy5403.jpg")
![The Khattak super Tribe and sub tribes. Khattak Family Tree.](/Images/godic/202501/22/Khattak_family_Tree5403.jpg")
![The distribution of the Khattak Tribe in modern-day Pakistan.
Also shows major Khattak centers, cities, Tribal capitals and Districts where the Khattak Tribe is populated.
All percentages shown are related to census demographics of population surveys of Pakistan.](/Images/godic/202501/22/The_Khattak_Tribe_distribution_today5403.jpg")
The Khattak (Pashto:خټک [xaˈʈak], Urdu:خٹک), 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, Sawaldher, 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.