"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)
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| Kochi caravan marching through Kabul to summer pasturelands in the north, 1950s |
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| A Kuchi family moving to Peshawar plains at the approach of cold weather, 1919. |
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| A shy Kochi maiden, 1950s. |
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| An Afghan nomad woman.. Source: Zhwandun Magazine, December 1975. |
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| Afghan nomad children, Landi Kotal, 1937. Photo taken or collected by Albert Chalcroft of The King's Regiment. |
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| A Pashtun girl (Kochai?), Landi Kotal, 1937. Photo taken or collected by Albert Chalcroft of The King's Regiment. Source |
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| Afghan nomads entering the Khyber Pass, 27-12-1933. Source |
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| A Kuchi family moving to Peshawar plains at the approach of cold weather |
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