Zamand

Zamand is a village in Joghatai Rural District, in the Central District of Joghatai County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,310, in 320 families. Zamand is a Sarbani Pashtun/Afghan tribe living in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistani KPK Province. It lives amongst Muhammadzai of Charsadda, Kheshgi, Katani in Dir, Naikzai and Tokhi. The large number of settlements of Pashtuns in Khorasan, or North-Western Iran originate from the reign of the Hotak Dynasty which once ruled Persia.