 Karzai and his father before him, Abdul Ahad Karzai, were each head of the Popalzai tribe of the Durrani tribal confederation.Born in Kandahar, Karzai graduated from Kabul's Habibia High School and later received a master's degree in India in the 1980s.He moved to Pakistan where he was an active as a fundraiser for the mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989) and its aftermath.