Chamkani (Pashtun tribe)

The Chamkani ( tsamkanī) is a sub-tribe of Ghoryakhel Pashtuns.

History They took part in the frontier battles 1897, and during the Tirah campaign of that year a brigade under General Gaselee was sent to punish them.

Notables Shoukat Aziz, a Pakistani human rights activist who abolished the British Colonial era Frontier Crimes Regulation and co-founded the FATA Youth Organization Haji Mohammad Tsamkani, Acting President of Afghanistan (1986-1987)