Paktika (Pashto/Dari: پکتیکا) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktika has a population of about 789,000,[3] mostly ethnic Pashtuns. The town of Sharana serves as the provincial capital, while the most populous city is Urgun.
In 2021, the Taliban gained control of the province during the 2021 Taliban offensive.
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of Paktika, while Zhob District of the Balochistan province of Pakistan borders it the southeast. The Shinkay Hills run through the center of Paktika; Toba...
"DefendAmerica News - New Provincial Reconstruction Team Opens in PaktikaProvince". Defendamerica.mil. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014....
vicinity of Orgun, PaktikaProvince. A U.S. soldier was slightly wounded by a bomb while on patrol near the U.S. base at Shkin, PaktikaProvince. At least three...
occurred in PaktikaProvince. Other sources say that he was captured by a Taliban group led by Mullah Sangeen Zadran, who moved him to Ghazni Province. He was...
Loya paktia Paktia used to be a unified province with Khost and Paktika until Khost became a separate province in 1985. These three provinces are now referred...
Afghanistan's PaktikaProvince and joins the Indus River 20 miles south of Dera Ismail Khan, in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Gomal University...
Kahmard - shifted from Baghlan Province Panjab Sayghan - formerly part of Kahmard District; shifted from Baghlan Province Shibar Waras Yakawlang Bagrami...
people. They are identified with "Pactyans" by Herodotus. Paktia ProvincePaktikaProvince Loya Paktia Prasad, R. U. S. (2020-10-06). The Rig-Vedic and Post-Rig-Vedic...
This is a list of the governors of the province of Paktika, Afghanistan. List of current governors of Afghanistan Council Implementing Regulation (EU)...
the Urgun District of PaktikaProvince, Afghanistan. With an estimated population of 10,665, Urgun is the largest city of Paktika, while Urgun District...
(کټواز), is a town in and administrative seat of Khairkot District, PaktikaProvince, in eastern Afghanistan. The town is located within the heartland of...
the provinces of Maidan Wardak, Logar, Paktia, Paktika, Zabul, Uruzgan, Daykundi and Bamyan. The province was known as Ghazna in the 10th century, during...
in the early morning hours of 5 September 2013, outside her home in PaktikaProvince, Afghanistan. Sushmita Banerjee was born in Calcutta (present-day Kolkata...
Pashtun tribe of Ghilji origin, originating in the central part of PaktikaProvince, Afghanistan, but can be also found in other parts of the country....
southeastern areas of Paktia Province, PaktikaProvince, Khost Province, Wardak Province, Logar Province, and Ghazni Province. In September 2011, Sirajuddin...
blast caused by a roadside mine on 7 August 2022 in Barmal District, Paktikaprovince, Afghanistan. Omar Khalid Khorasani was born in Mohmand Agency, Pakistan...
Afghanistan, comprising the modern Afghan provinces of Khost, Paktia, and Paktika, as well as parts of Logar and compromises. Loya Paktia is vaguely defined...
on the 38th Commando Brigade during the Second Battle of Zhawar in PaktikaProvince in May 1983. After sustaining heavy casualties the commando brigades...
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Sharana (Pashto: ښرنه) or Sharan (Persian: شاران) is the capital of PaktikaProvince, Afghanistan. It is located at an altitude of 2,200 meters. Its population...
brigade in Ghazni Province) Task Force 49 (ISAF SOF) in Ghazni province (Poland) Task Force 50 (ISAF SOF) in Ghazni province, Paktikaprovince (Poland) Forward...
more in Paktika, Afghanistan. The strongest aftershock occurred on 18 July, measuring Mww 5.1, centred in Zerok District, PaktikaProvince. Seven hours...
2021. Ibad was born in 1980 in Marzak village, Sar Hawza District of Paktikaprovince. He received his primary education in Peshawar, Pakistan. He received...
terrain beyond reach of friendly forces in places like Khost, Paktika and Nangarhar Province. Two Rangers from the battalion were killed during this time...
area of Paktika, Afghanistan. See also Bannu Marwats, as well as other branches of Lohanis, lived in Zarghun Shar (located in the Paktikaprovince) as well...
This list identifies the province and district splits and reassignments made by the Afghan government in revising and remapping its administrative divisions...
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