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Chalweshti

Chalweshti derives from the number forty and means the tribal forcewould implement the decision of the jirga. Every fourtieth man of the sub-sectionwould be a member. In Kurram this force is called shalgoon which derives from the number twenty and means that every twentieth member will be part of the force.