Khatir Afridi

• Name — Khatir Afridi • Native Name — خاطر افریدی • Born — 1929 • Occupation — * Writer • Poet • Language — Pashto, Urdu • Genre — Poem • Died — 1968

He was born in the Zakha Khel tribe in Saddu Khel village of Khyber agency. He was a gardener by profession at a nearby high school (now a F.C. fort). He never went to school for formal education. He was a close friend of Ashna. His grave is located in the Saddu Khel graveyard, which has a small temple and a poem written on his grave: "Che pa qabar may tery gy Hudy da para: Lag sha mata hapa newaly za ba mar yam" He wrote songs that became popular in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He joined a poetry society where he got guidance from Hamza Shinwari and Nazir Shinwari. He had Tuberculosis for ten years and died at the age of 39, leaving behind a son who compiled his father's work into a volume with help from his cousin.