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The Tareens are an important tribe of Pashtuns. Tareens are settled in Pishin, Harnai, Dukhi, and Gulistan in Balochistan, and the Hazara Division of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. They are also present in sizeable proportions in the areas near Kandahar in Afghanistan. They played a very important role in Mohammad Ghori's army and showed great bravery. The Tareens of Hazara Division migrated from Kandahar in the 17th century AD under the leadership of Sher Khan Tareen. After the attacks led by Ahmed Shah Abdali of Kabul, Durranis had a firm grip over this region. Later on Abdali also conquered Kashmir.
Durranis were not interested in directly ruling this region because they knew there were already some prominent Pashtun tribes present, so they considered it wise to give control to popular local personalities. Amongst these great personalities were Najeebullah Khan Tareen, Sa'adat Khan Swati, Zaka Khan, a.k.a. Sooba Khan Tanoli, and some others. Tareens have some history with other Pashtun tribes of Hazara Division against Sikhs in the Sikh riegn. People like Mohammad Khan Tareen and Bostan Khan Tareen are heroes for the whole Pashtun tribe.
Haripur (located in North-West Frontier Province) is the main District of Tareen Tribe in the region. Mostly they speak Hindko in the Hazara division, but the spoken language of Tareens in Balochistan is Pashto. The famous khels and subsections of the Tareen tribe are Taur, Speen, Abdaal, Taranzai, Mangalzai, Bedalzai and Ferozzai. Mashwanis Swatis Tanoli and Jadoons are the closest Pashtun tribes to Tareens in the region of Hazara division.