Khalil (Pashtun tribe)
The Khalil (Pashto:خليل) is a Pashtun tribe son of GhoryaKhel Pashtun primarily living in Pakistan with some members in Nangarhar, Herat, Ghazni , Qandahar of Afghanistan and in the Peshawar valley. To the west and south-west of Daudzai lie the settlements of the Khalils. GhoryaKhel settled around Peshawar and the dividing center between the Khalil and Mohmand area is the Bara and the first village after the Bara stream towards the East claimed both by the Khalils and Mohmand tribes is "Sheikhan". The Khalils like Mohmands and Daudzais claim to be descendants of (Muhammad Ibrahim) Ghoryakhel, son of Kand. There are eight main sub-divisions in the Khalil tribe.,