The Khalil (Pashto: خليل) is the 1st son of Ghoryakhel settled between 1530 and 1535 in Peshawar, west Pakistan.
The Khalil (Pashto: خليل) is a Pashtun Ghoryakhel subtribe primarily living in the Peshawar Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, with some members in Nangarhar, Herat, Ghazni, and Kandahar in Afghanistan.
The Khalil originally lived in Ghwara Marghay Arghistan Qandahar Afghanistan, in the Qalat Zabul and Ghazni.
Khalil Mattezai still lives on the Tarnak River basin north of Ghazni.
The Khalil came in 1530-1535 from Nangrahar to their present settlement in Western part of the Peshawar valley according to the Babur history book Baburnama and Pashto History Book Pata Khazana written by Abdulhai Habibi.