The Tarkani (or Tarkalanri) are a Pashtun tribe located in Kunar province of Afghanistan and Bajaur near Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. They number roughly 60,000 people.

The vast majority Pakistani Tarkani people no longer reside in the Bajaur area of FATA, choosing instead to live in areas such as Peshawar & other cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

Sub-tribes [link]

• Salarzai
• Kakazai
• Wur

References [link]

• "A Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes of the North West Frontier of India" published by The General Staff Army Headquarter, Calcutta, India - (Originally Published 1910) - Kakazai / Kakayzai Pathan Tribe is mentioned on Page 30 (under 'K' - Kakazai), Page 12 (under 'D' - Daulat Khel - A sub-division of Kakazai Pathans), Page 29 (under 'M' - Maghdud Khel, Mahsud Khel and Mahmud Khel - sub-divisions of Kakazai Pathans), and Tarkani/Tarklanri Tribe - Kakazai Pathans - Page 46.

• "Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India" Volume One published by Government Mono Type Press, Simla, India - (Originally Published 1907) :: Kakazai / Kakayzai Pathan Tribe is mentioned on Page 555 ::

• "Tazkara" (also called "Tazkira-e-pathan"), Khan Roshan Khan, pp 176–181 (in Urdu).
• Kakezai/Kakazai Afghan/Pathan Tribe, Tazkara by Khan Roshan Khan online scans of Urdu text

• "Tareekh-e-Kakazai" (a.k.a. "Hidayat Afghani - Tareekh-e-Kakazai Tarkani" (Originally Published May, 1933)