They now primarily live in Spin Boldak District. Mullah Naqib was politically astute and had good relations with all influential individuals in Kandahar with the exception of Gul Agha Sherzai.
In addition, he had good links to the provincial and central government as well as Rabbani Jamiat who he fought for during the mujahideen years. The tribe has had difficulties in recent years as mentioned above, and some Alokzai see a Barakzai-Popalzai union acting against their interests both politically and economically, especially following allegations of land-grabs in Arghandab by Ahmed Wali Karzai Popalzai.
The Baluch, thought to number over a million in Afghanistan, are an Indo-Iranian ethnic group spread over Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran.
Significant numbers also exist abroad. In Pakistan, Baluchi independence groups have fought with Islamabad over the revenues from natural resources in Baluchistan. The capital of Pakistani Baluchistan is Quetta, where many of the Taliban are thought to have fled after their fall from power, but Qalat, further south, has traditionally been the seat of the Baluch Khans. The Baluch are overwhelmingly but not entirely Sunni Muslims. Their power-structures, based on the khan, are generally perceived to be more concentrated than those of the more fractious Pashtuns.
In Afghanistan they are primarily nomadic, roaming the southernmost districts of the three southernmost provinces. In Kandahar they are found mostly in Shorabak and Reg districts. View the Baluch Tribal Tree. From the Zirak division of Durrani Pashtuns, the Barakzai primarily inhabit the relatively quiet districts of Arghistan and Maruf. Accordingly, they are one of the most respected tribes in the country.
Currently, the Barakzai make up a key element of the political power structure in Kandahar. View the Barkazai Tribal Tree. The Popalzai resemble the Barakzai in terms of political influence in Kandahar, especially outside Kandahar-city. The Popalzai are the tribe of President Hamid Karzai, which is headed in Southern Afghanistan by his half-brother Ahmad Wali Karzai who also heads the Kandahar Provincial shura , thereby holding influence over power-holders in the district.
The Popalzai are also influential in neighboring Uruzgan province in Helmand and they try to build alliances to Zabul leaders as well. Although originally a Barakzai sub tribe, the Mohamadzai have become a tribe in its own right. IS-K said it carried out the attack, which was the deadliest since US forces left at the end of August. IS-K, a Sunni Muslim group, is the most extreme and violent of all the jihadist militant groups in Afghanistan.
It has targeted Afghan security forces, Afghan politicians and ministries, the Taliban, religious minorities including Shia Muslims and Sikhs, US and Nato forces, and international agencies, including aid organisations. Sunni Muslim extremists have repeatedly targeted Shia Muslims in the past, whom they see as heretics.
Many are also part of the Hazara community, the country's third largest ethnic group, who have faced discrimination and persecution for years in Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan. Earlier this month, rights group Amnesty International accused the Taliban of murdering 13 Hazaras , something the group staunchly denied. The Taliban took control of Afghanistan after foreign forces withdrew from the country at the end of August following a deal agreed with the US.
It came two decades after US forces had removed the militants from power in Suicide attack on Afghan mosque kills at least Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a mosque in southern Afghanistan that killed at least 47 people.
The blast happened in the Kandahar region during Friday prayers at a Shia mosque, with 70 believed to be wounded, officials said. It occurred just days after IS claimed responsibility for similar a bombing at a Shia mosque in the northern city of Kunduz that killed several people. In a statement, the jihadist group said two of its fighters shot several guards of the Imam Bargah mosque dead, broke in and blew themselves up between two groups of worshippers, one of which consisted of around people.
He said one detonated explosives outside the gate, and the other was already among the worshippers inside the mosque. The region produces fine fruits, especially pomegranates and grapes, and the city has plants for canning, drying, and packing fruit, and is a major source of marijuana and hashish. The region around Kandahar is one of the oldest known human settlements.
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