Dai Chopan (Hazara tribe)

The Dai Chopan (Dari: دایچوپان‎) are a tribe of Hazara people, live in Afghanistan. They are generally numbered among the eight overarching Hazara tribes.[1] the district with the same name Dai Chopan in Zabul Province is derived from this tribe. Dai Chopan are the descendants of Amir Chopan, a Hazara chieftain and whose grave is at Grishk, Helmand Province.[2][3]

Clash between Taliban and the government June 2019

Years had been going and not much has been said about the Dai Chupan tribe. This was until June 2019 when clashes between Taliban and the government happened in the district. 54 Taliban soldiers including the Taliban installed governor were killed. Presently, the Taliban claims control over the district however the government promises to take it back in the near future as part of their spring offenses[4]

See also

• List of Hazara tribes
• Hazara people

References

1. Barbara Anne Brower; Barbara Rose Johnston (2007). Disappearing peoples?: indigenous groups and ethnic minorities in South and Central Asia. Left Coast Press. pp. 157–. ISBN 9781598741216. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
2. Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research (1958). Viking fund publications in anthropology. Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
3. Robert L. Canfield (27 October 2010). Ethnicity, Authority and Power in Central Asia: New Games Great and Small. Taylor & Francis US. pp. 131–. ISBN 9780415780698. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
4. "Key Taliban Member Among 52 Others Killed in Zabul: Governor".