Alakozai
They are one of the four tribes of the Zirak tribal confederacy of Durrani Pashtuns.[1][2] Spelling variations include Alakozi, Alakoozi, Alekozai, Alekuzei, Alikozai, Alakozay, Alkozai, Alokzai, Hulakozai, Alecozay, Alikusi, and Alakuzei.[3] The Alkozay people are found primarily in Helmand, Kandahar, Kabul, Laghman, Kunar Sarkani District and Herat provinces in Afghanistan, and form the majority of the population in the Sangin District.Jaldak, which is located 110 km northeast of Kandahar, is the original domicile of the Alkozay tribe.[6] Arghandab was referred to by the Greek historians as Alkozay, or the "Land of Arako/Alako".
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