Khatir Afridi (ps| خاطر آفریدی ) (1929 – August 24, 1968) was a Pashto language poet from Pakistan.
He was born in the Zakha Khel tribe in Saddu Khel village of Khyber agency. He was a gardener by profession in a nearby high school (now a F.C. fort). He never went to school for formal education.He was a closed friend of Ashna.
His grave in Saddu khel graveyard which have a small tample. And have written a poetry in his grave (Che pa qabar may tery gy Hudy da para : Lag sha mata hapa newaly za ba mar yam)
He wrote songs that became popular in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He joined a poetry society where he got guidance from Hamza Shinwari and Nazir Shinwari. He had Tuberculosis for ten years and died at the age of 39, leaving behind a son who compiled his father's work into a volume with help from his cousin.[1] [2] [3]