Tokhi is an influential Ghilzai

Ghilzai

Ghilzai are the largest Pashtun tribal confederacy found in Afghanistan and Pakistan. They are also known historically as Ghilji, Khilji, Ghalji, Ghilzye, and possibly Gharzai...

 Pashtun

Pashtun people

Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...

 tribe found throughout southern, western Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

. In the Pashtun tribal hierarchy Tokhi is one of the most respected tribes.
They are wholly powerful, rich and widely considered to be one of the most brave, warlike and tough Pashtun tribes, concurrently hospitable above all. However, Ghilzai have a lower literacy rate than their rival Durrani

Durrani

Durrani or Abdali is the name of a chief Pashtun tribal confederation in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Originally known by their ancient name Abdali later as Durrani they have been called Durrani since the beginning of the Durrani Empire in 1747. The number of Durranis are estimated to be roughly 16%...

, Tokhi are considered as the most erudite, cultured and civilized among all Pashtuns.

See also

• Pashtun tribal structure
• Pashtun tribes
  Pashtun tribes
  The Pashtun people are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and the second largest in Pakistan. Pashtun, tribes are divided into four supertribal confederacies: the Arbanee , Betanee , Gharghasht, and Karlanee .Traditionally, according to folklore, all Pashtuns are said to have descended, at...
  
  
• Nazo Tokhi
• The Power of Tokhi's in Afghanistan

Further reading

• State and tribe in nineteenth-century Afghanistan