Notable Individuals
- Queen Zarghoona Alakozai (mother of King Ahmad Shah Durrani, founder of the Durrani Empire).
- Abdul Ghani Alakozai, governor of Nadirabad and chieftain of the Durrani, under King Nader Shah.
- Juma Khan Alakozai, governor of Kashmir (1788–1792). His administration was faced by serious floods, Shia - Sunni riots and rioting by the Bambas. He died of dysentery in 1792.
- Abdullah Khan Alakozai, governor of Kashmir (1795–1807, under King Zaman Shah Durrani).
- Shah Aghasi Nawab Khan Alakozai, governor of Kashmir (18..–1840)
- Yar Mahomed Khan Alakuzei (circa 1842) Minister under King Shahzada Kamran Durrani. Minister-regent at Herat, he served as Vizier of Herat from 1829 to 1842, and was the son of Painda Khan.
- Mohammad Khan Azimi(1851–1855), son of Yar Muhammad Khan and minister-regent at Herat. Herat was occupied by Iran from 1852 to 1853.
- 'Abd al-Ghani Khan Alikozai (maternal uncle of King Ahmad Shah Durrani), governor of Kandahar during Ahmad Shah Durrani's reign.
- Zarghuna Begum Alakozai, wife of Governor Sardar Muhammad Zaman Khan of Jalalabad (1839 to 1842), and daughter of Khalu Khan Alakozai.
- Queen Alakozai, stepmother of King Dost Mohammad Khan of Afghanistan, and wife of Sardār Pāyenda Khan, chief of the Barakzai clan.
- Mullah Naqib (c.1950 - October 11, 2007), famous freedom fighter during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, politician and peace maker from Kandahar. He was one of the most respected elders of the Alakozai Pashtun tribe in the Kandahar area.
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