Daikundi (Hazara tribe)
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Daikundi also spelled as Dai Kundi, ({{langx|prs|دایکندی}}) is one of the major tribes of Hazara people in Afghanistan mostly in Hazaristan (Hazarajat) region.[http://www.nps.edu/documents/105988371/107571254/Hazara.pdf/231556e9-7ab4-473d-b2e3-53d31eb115eb Hazara tribal structure, Program for Culture and Conflict Studies, US Naval Postgraduate School].
Geographical distribution
They live in Daikundi Province and the Lal Wa Sarjangal, Chaghcharan, Dawlatabad, Charsadda, and Pasaband districts of Ghor Province. Daikundi Hazaras remained secluded and unhinged from the devastation and the resulting uprooting of different Hazara tribes, after the Battle of Uruzgan.
The Daikundi have traditionally been very closely allied with the Daizangi.
Subclans
Subsets of the Daikundi include the Ainak, Alak, Babuli, Baibagh, Barat, Bubak, Chahkuk, Chahush, Chora, Dawlat Beg, Doda, Fihristan, Haider Beg, Jami, Jasha, Kalanzai, Kaum-i-Ali, Khudi, Khushak, Mamaka, Mir Hazar, Neka, Roshan Beg, and Saru.[http://www.nps.edu/programs/ccs/DaiKundi.html Dai Kundi Province:Program for Culture and Conflict Studies, (US) Naval Postgraduate School.]
Background
Daikundi Province was created from the upper half of the Uruzgan province of Afghanistan in 2004. It partially fulfilled the Hazara demand that their land is restored to them. The Hazaras were uprooted from Uruzgan after the 1893 Battle of Uruzgan, and the Pashtun tribes were settled on their land.{{cn|date=September 2022}}