 Earliest written accounts of the village trace it back to the 8th century, with the arrival of the Uthman Khel branch of the Yousafzai, and in the 15th century, by the Khattak tribesmen of the Afghans.Currently it is a major town near the entrance to the Malakand mountains.Alternatively, there is also a Lund Khwar in the Paktika Province of Afghanistan.