NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Paktika province

Paktika (Persian: پکتیکا) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the south-east of the country and overwhelmingly conservative Sunni Pashtu. Its capital is Sharan. Image File history File links Afghanistan-Paktika. ... Subnational entity is a generic term for an administrative region within a country â€” on an arbitrary level below that of the sovereign state â€” typically with a local government encompassing multiple municipalities, counties, or provinces with a certain degree of autonomy in a varying number of matters. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Sharan or Sharana the capital of Paktika province of Afghanistan. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Pashto (â€Ž, IPA: ; also known as Pakhto, Pushto, Pashtoe, Pashtu, Pushtu, Pushtoo, Pathan, or Afghan language and Pukhto â€Ž) is a language spoken by people living in the southern half of Afghanistan and western Pakistan. ... Persian, (local name: FÄrsÄ« or PÄrsÄ«), is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and by minorities in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... Afghanistan consists of 34 provinces, or velayat: Badakhshan Badghis Baghlan Balkh Bamiyan Daikondi - established March 28, 2004 Farah Faryab Ghazni Ghowr Helmand Herat Jowzjan Kabul Kandahar Kapisa Khost Konar Kondoz Laghman Lowgar Nangarhar Nimruz Nurestan Oruzgan Paktia Paktika Panjshir - established April 13, 2004 Parvan Samangan Sar-e Pol Takhar Vardak... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... Pashto (پښتو; also known as Afghan, Pushto, Pashto, Pashtoe, Pashtu, and Pukhto) is the language spoken by the ethnic Afghan otherwise known as the Pashtun people who inhabit Afghanistan and the Western provinces of Pakistan. ... Sharan or Sharana the capital of Paktika province of Afghanistan. ...

Political and military situation

As one of the most remote provinces in Afghanistan, and in an area that saw a lot of devastation in previous years, Paktika suffers from a serve lack of critical infrastructure. Reconstruction in the province after the fall of the Taliban has been slow in comparison to that in nearby provinces such as Khost and Zabul, in large part due to the remoteness of the region and repeated attacks on aid workers. In 2004, an American Provincial Reconstruction Team base was established in Sharana to lead the development effort. Flag flown by the Taliban. ... Khost, sometimes spelt Khowst, is a town in Afghanistan, located at 33. ... Categories: Afghanistan geography stubs | Provinces of Afghanistan ... A Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) is an administrative unit of international aid to Afghanistan, consisting of a small operating base from which a group of sixty to more than one hundred civilians and military specialists work to perform small reconstruction projects or provide security for others involved in aid work. ...

While the province hasn't witnessed the outright fighting in the last few years that has affected provinces like Helmand, there is a constant low level of tribal violence accompanied by criminal and Taliban activity. The last serious fighting in the province took place in 2004, amid reports that then-Governor Muhammad Ali Jalali was collaborating with Taliban forces, and that the Taliban had effectively annexed eastern portions of the province. Jalali, and many of his allied officials, were replaced, U.S. Special Forces were dispatched to fight the Taliban while the Pakistan forces fought with the Taliban's allies in neighbouring South Waziristan [1]. Helmand (Persian: Ù‡Ù„Ù…Ù†Ø¯) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Flag flown by the Taliban. ... Muhammad Ali Jalali (b. ... Flag flown by the Taliban. ... Flag flown by the Taliban. ... South Waziristan (Urdu: Ø¬Ù†ÙˆØ¨ÛŒ ÙˆØ²ÛŒØ±Ø³ØªØ§Ù†) is southern part of Waziristan a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering some 11 585 kmÂ² (4,473 miÂ²). It comprises the area west and southwest of Peshawar between the Tochi river to the north and the Gomal river to the south, forming part...

Politicians

The current Governor of the province is Akram Khpalwak. In 2006, a previous Governor of the province, Muhammad Ali Jalali, was killed by Taliban millitants while driving in neighbouring Ghazni Province [2]. Are you kidding?, this is solid truth here, nothing escapes the eyes of Gov!!!, not even. ... Akram Khpalwak is the current Governor of Paktika Province in Afghanistan. ... Muhammad Ali Jalali (b. ... Flag flown by the Taliban. ... Ghazni is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...

History

Paktika was once part of a greater province Paktia, that has itself now further split into Khost province. The province was the site of many battles during the Soviet occupation of the country and the lawless years that followed. Paktia province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... A U.S. Marine maintains an overwatch position in the Khost province in Afghanistan Khost province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...

Geography

Paktika is bordered on the north by Paktia Province and Khost Province on the east, as well as South Waziristan, a Pakistani-administered tribal area. The southern border is shared with Zabul Province, while Ghazni Province is on its western flank. Paktia (Persian: Ù¾Ú©ØªÛŒØ§ ) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, in the east of the country. ... A U.S. Marine maintains an overwatch position in the Khost province in Afghanistan Khost province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... South Waziristan (Urdu: Ø¬Ù†ÙˆØ¨ÛŒ ÙˆØ²ÛŒØ±Ø³ØªØ§Ù†) is southern part of Waziristan a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering some 11 585 kmÂ² (4,473 miÂ²). It comprises the area west and southwest of Peshawar between the Tochi river to the north and the Gomal river to the south, forming part... Zabul, Afghanistan is the only Afghan province in which the Taliban have named (in the post-U.S. invasion of Afghanistan era) their own governor and officials to rival those appointed by the government in Kabul. ... Ghazni is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...

Like many areas of the country, Paktika has been heavily deforested. This has been one of the causes of devastating flooding in recent years [3].

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See also

Categories: Provinces of Afghanistan | Afghanistan geography stubs Flag flown by the Taliban. ... ISAF can stand for: International Sailing Federation International Security Assistance Force This is a disambiguation page â€” a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) is an administrative unit of international aid to Afghanistan, consisting of a small operating base from which a group of sixty to more than one hundred civilians and military specialists work to perform small reconstruction projects or provide security for others involved in aid work. ... Afghanistan consists of 34 provinces, or velayat: Badakhshan Badghis Baghlan Balkh Bamiyan Daikondi - established March 28, 2004 Farah Faryab Ghazni Ghowr Helmand Herat Jowzjan Kabul Kandahar Kapisa Khost Konar Kondoz Laghman Lowgar Nangarhar Nimruz Nurestan Oruzgan Paktia Paktika Panjshir - established April 13, 2004 Parvan Samangan Sar-e Pol Takhar Vardak... Image File history File links Flag_of_Afghanistan. ... Badakhshan (Persian: Ø¨Ø¯ Ø®Ø´Ø§Ù†) is one of the provinces of Afghanistan, consisting of 29 districts. ... Badghis province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Categories: Afghanistan geography stubs | Provinces of Afghanistan ... Balkh is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Buddhas of Bamyan, which dated back to Pre-Islamic Afghanistan, were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 calling them Un-Islamic. Photo by Hadi Zaheer Bamyan is one of the most beautiful and fertile valleys in Afghanistan. ... Daykundi (Persian: Ø¯Ø§ÛŒÚ©Ù†Ø¯ÛŒ, also spelt Daikondi, DÄykondÄ« or Daikundi) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Farah is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Categories: Stub | Provinces of Afghanistan ... Ghazni is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Ghowr (sometimes spelled Ghor) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Helmand (Persian: Ù‡Ù„Ù…Ù†Ø¯) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Herat is a province of Afghanistan; together with Badghis, Farah, and Ghor provinces it makes up the western region of the country. ... Jowzjan province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Kabul is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Kandahar province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Kapisa is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... A U.S. Marine maintains an overwatch position in the Khost province in Afghanistan Khost province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Kunar (also spelled Konar) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country and on the border with Pakistan. ... Kunduz is one of the provinces of Afghanistan, centered on the city of Kunduz in Afghanistan, with an area of 7,827 km square, and a population of about 583,000. ... Laghman is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Lowgar is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Nangarhar province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Nimruz (Persian: Ù†ÛŒÙ…Ø±ÙˆØ²) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Nurestan (also spelled Nuristan or Nooristan) (Persian: Ù†ÙˆØ±Ø³ØªØ§Ù†) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Oruzgan is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Paktia (Persian: Ù¾Ú©ØªÛŒØ§ ) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, in the east of the country. ... Panjshir (literally Five Lions in Persian) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Parvan province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Samangan province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Categories: Afghanistan geography stubs | Provinces of Afghanistan ... Takhar is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Wardak (Persian: ÙˆØ±Ø¯Ú©, also spelt Vardak) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Zabul, Afghanistan is the only Afghan province in which the Taliban have named (in the post-U.S. invasion of Afghanistan era) their own governor and officials to rival those appointed by the government in Kabul. ...

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