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Paktika was one of the provinces most affected by the 2022 Afghanistan earthquake on 22 June 2022. In Gayan District, approximately 1,800 homes, or 70 percent of the district's homes, were destroyed, and 238 people were killed, with 393 others injured. [11] [12] In Barmal District, at least 500 people died, with a thousand others injured. [11]
Map showing Zarghun Shahr District after 2004 division. Khairkot District (Pashto: خیرکوټ ولسوالۍ), also known as Katawaz (کټواز) or Zarghun Shar District (Pashto: زرغونښار ولسوالۍ, Dari: ولسوالی زرغونشهر), is a district of Paktika Province, Afghanistan.
Map of Paktika Province with the district of Gayan being in orange color in the upper right. Gayan District (Pashto: ګيان ولسوالۍ, Dari: ولسوالی گیان) is a district of Paktika Province, Afghanistan. The estimated population in 2019 was 46,977 people. [1] The district is within the heartland of the Zadran tribe of Pashtuns. [2]
Zerok shown on the top of map Zerok's basin with green trees. Zerok District (Pashto: زېړوک ولسوالۍ), also spelled Zirok, is a district of Paktika Province that once was a part of Paktia, Afghanistan. The main town is Zerok located on the main Khost-Urgun road.
The largest tribe in Urgun are the Tajik,formuli, Paktika Province Tribal Map (Page 11).Naval Postgraduate School.</ref> Other tribes include the Kharoti, Sulaimankhel, and Wazir. [1]
The districts of Afghanistan, known as wuleswali (Pashto: ولسوالۍ, wuləswāləi; Persian: ولسوالی, wuləswālī), are secondary-level administrative units, one level below provinces. The Afghan government issued its first district map in 1973. [ 1 ]
Wāzakhwā District (Pashto: وازه خوا ولسوالۍ, Persian: ولسوالی وازهخواه) is a district of Paktika Province, Afghanistan. The district center is Wazakhwa. In 2019 the estimated population was 45,843. [1] The district is within the heartland of the Sulaimankhel tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns. [2]
The Afghan provinces of Paktia, Paktika and Khost, and some neighboring areas constitute the Loya Paktia region. Lōya Paktiā (Pashto: لويه پکتيا; lit. Greater Paktia) is a historical and cultural region of Afghanistan, comprising the modern Afghan provinces of Khost, Paktia, and Paktika, as well as parts of Logar [1] and compromises Kurram, Bannu and Waziristan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.