The Khattak tribe of Khushal Khan now mostly lives in areas of Karak, Kohat, Nowshera, Akora Khattak, Cherat, Peshawar, Mardan and in other parts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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He was the son of Malik Shahbaz Khan Khattak from Akora, in the Mughal Empire (now in Nowshera District).