sentences:  and settled in the neighbourhood of Kandahar.The Hindu Hindkowans, prior to the partition of India exercised economic power in the North-West Frontier Province and because they spoke Hindko, this was perceived as an opposition to the influx Pashto-speaking Pashtuns in the region.Some of these Hindu Hindkowans are traders and over time, have settled in areas as far as Kalat, Balochistan.