"Powandah is the name given to the nomad tribes of Afghans who move about with their flocks and herds, and act as carriers between their own country and India" (Raverty, "A Dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, Or, Language of the Afghans, p-1106)
Kochi caravan marching through Kabul to summer pasturelands in the north, 1950s
A Kuchi family moving to Peshawar plains at the approach of cold weather, 1919.
A shy Kochi maiden, 1950s.
An Afghan nomad woman. Source: Zhwandun Magazine, December 1975.
Afghan nomad children, Landi Kotal, 1937. Photo by Albert Chalcroft, The King's Regiment.
A Pashtun girl (Kochai?), Landi Kotal, 1937. Photo by Albert Chalcroft, The King's Regiment. Source
Afghan nomads entering the Khyber Pass, 27-12-1933. Source
A Kochi family moving to Peshawar plains at the approach of cold weather
Afghan nomads with their camel caravan in the Khyber Pass
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