{ { Wakhis } Hindu Kush (northern { { Badakhshis } slopes). { { { Galcha { Swatis } { Branch { Siah-Posh Kafirs } Hindu Kush (southern { { Safis } slopes). { { Chagnans } { { Kohistanis Hills north of Kabul. { Aryans. { { { Kabul; Suliman Mountains; { { Afghans { Kandahar; Helmund { { { basin; Herat. { Iranic { { Branch { Tajiks { Herat; most towns and { { { settled districts. { { { { Seistanis Lower Helmund. Hamun. { { Indic { Hindkis Most large towns. { Branch { { Mongol { Hazaras } Northern highlands between { Branch { Aimaks } Bamian and Herat. Mongol-. { Tatars { Turki { Uzbegs Afghan Turkestan. { Branch { Turcomans Herat, Maimana and Andkhui. { Kizil Bashis Kabul chiefly. The Afghans claim to be Ben-i-Israel, but since Ahmed Shah Durani announced the independence of his state the Afghans of Afghanistan have styled themselves Durani. They are settled principally in the Kandahar country, extending into Seistan and to the borders of the Herat valley. Eastward they spread across the Afghan border into the Toba highlands north of the Khojak, where they are represented by Achakzai and Sadozai clans. They exist in the Kabul districts as Barakzai (the Amir’s clan), and as Mahmundzai (Mohmands) and Yusufzai. They occupy the hills north of the Kabul river, Bajaor, Swat, Buner and part of the Peshawar plains. After the Afghans the dominant people are the Pukhtun or Pathans, represented by a variety of tribes, many of whom are recognised as being of Indian origin. They inhabit the hilly regions along the immediate British frontier. The Afridi Jowaki and Orakzai clans hold the highlands immediately south of the Khyber and Peshawar, the Turis of the Kurram, the Dawaris of Tochi and the Waziris of Waziristan filling up the intervening Pathan hills north of the Gomul. In the Kohat district the Khattak and Bangash clans are Pathan so that Pathans are found on both sides of the border.