Kharoti

The Kharoti (Pashto:خروٹی) خروټی) are a Pashtun tribe of Ghilji origin, originating in the central part of Paktika Province, Afghanistan, but can be also found in other parts of the country. The Kharoti settled in Kharotabad in Quetta, British India (now Pakistan) around 1945.

There are large Kharoti populations in the Paktika districts of Urgun, Barmal, Sar Hawza, Zarghun Shahr, Omna, Surobi, and in Ghazni, Zabul, Paktia, Khost, Logar, Wardak, Kabul, Nangarhar, Helmand, Gomal, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Dera Ismail Khan and Quetta.

Significance
As Pashtuns of the Ghilji confederacy, the heyday of the Kharotis was during the peak of the khans of the Nasher-Nashir family. With the rise of the rival Durrani confederacy in the 18th century, the Kharoti lost their leading role in Afghan politics but remained strong in rural Afghan regions. However, they often view themselves as the "true Pashtuns" and, being Ghilji, as the rightful leaders of Afghanistan.

Notable Kharoti’s

 * Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Politician, Afghan warfare leader during soviet union occupation, ( Hizb-e-Islami Chairman) and former Prime minister
 * Sher Khan Nasher, Loe Khan (Grand Khan) founder of Spinzar Cotton Company and founding father of Kunduz
 * Gholam Serwar Nasher, Khan (1922–1984), president of Spinzar Cotton Company
 * Maulavi Muhammad Qasim Haqqani,Director of Guidance and Preaching at the Ministry of public health Afghanistan.
 * Dr. Ahmad Shah Kharoti, general director of finance and administration of MOPH Afghanistan and elder of Kharoti tribe.
 * Gholam Nabi Nasher, Khan (1926–2010), parliamentarian
 * Hafizullah Amin, politician and president of Afghanistan
 * Haji Merajuddin Khan Kharoti former justice minister of Afghanistan and elder of Kharoti tribe.
 * Arsala Kharoti, A renowned Commander during the soviet invasion Afghanistan, Chairman of Afghan refugees in Pakistan since 2016.
 * Abdul Ahad Kharot, represented the Kingdom of Afghanistan in the 1948 Summer Olympic Games
 * Malak Khan Mohammad Khaki, the son of Malak Agha Mohammad Abbaskhil from Sarobi Paktika, he was Senator from 2004 to 2010 The House of Elders or Mesherano Jirga (Pashto/Dari: مشرانو جرگه یا خانه کهن سالان), is the upper house of the bicameral National Assembly of Afghanistan,
 * Farhad Darya Nasher, Khan (born 1962), singer and composer
 * Mirwais Ashraf, Afghanistan national cricket team player
 * Sharafuddin Ashraf, Afghanistan National Cricket Team player
 * Haji Ghani Kharoti Pakistan, Loralai Katwai, leader of a Kharoti family in Loralai Pakistan who came from Helmand, Afghanistan
 * Ahad Khan Zada Kharoti Pakistan Qila Saifulla, leader Of the Kharoti Tribe Qila Saifullah in Balochistan, Pakistan
 * Molowe Arsalan Rahmani Paktika Afghanistan, member of Sana (Mashrano Jarga) and director of the Afghan peace committee
 * Haji Niaz Muhammad Amiri, Ghazni, Afghanistan, member of parliament in 2006 and Governor of Logar province
 * Haji Yousaf khan kharoti, (born Sar Hawza district Afghanistan) was head of the Kharoti tribe in Faisalabad and Hafizabad, Pakistan. Textiles and clothing businessman.