Kharoti

:"for the town in Afghanistan see Kharoti, Afghanistan"Kharoti is a Pashtun tribe. The tribe has an estimated population of about 2.5 million and is based in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, the main provinces where Kharoti tribe members reside are Helmand, Zabul, Herat, Kunduz, Laghman, Nangahar, Bagram, Wardag, Logur, Ghazni and Kandahar. They live in and around Kohistan. In the east, they range from Katta to Koh-e-Sulaiman to Barmal. Another area of large Kharoti population is the area of Oragoon where they are accompanied by Furmalis and Tajiks. The Kharoti tribe is of Ghilzai origin. Their tribal rivals are Waziris and Furmalis, both of whom believe the "Furmali" area belongs to them. Some of the important subsects of the Kharoti tribe are Zako Khel, Ya Khel, Adya Khel, Amand Khel, Shamu Khel, Suleman Zai, Khadar Khel, Zobi Khel and Kharmoozi.

the main province of Kharoti tribe is PAKTIKA where this tribe is in majority and the biggest district of KHAROTI tribe is SEROWZA.Majority of kharoti tribesmen are associated with businesses in KARACHI,Pakistan where they have CARPETS AND FABRICS businesses.Kharti tribe is one of first tribes to have their own committee in pakistan called SEROWZA COMMITTEE led by Haji JUMA KHAN KHAROTI,helping poor in Afghanistan(mainly in SEROWZA, PAKTIKA).The main and prominent figures are GULBADIN HIKMATYAR(leader of HIZB-E-ISLAMI AND HAFIZ-AL-AMIN(ex prime minister).