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Paktika (Pashto: 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.
Within Afghanistan, it borders Logar Province, Ghazni Province, Paktika Province, and Khost Province, in counterclockwise order. Paktia is a largely mountainous province, with most of the population living in the central valley stretching from Ahmadkhel in the east down through Zurmat and into neighboring Paktika province.
Sharana (Pashto: ښرنه) is the capital of Paktika Province, Afghanistan. It is located at an altitude of 2,200 meters. [2] Its population was estimated to be 2,200 in 2006. [3] The city of Sharana has a population of 15,651 (in 2015) [4] and is located within the heartland of the Sulaimankhel tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns. [5]
Sharana District (Pashto: ښرنه ولسوالۍ) or Sharan District is home to the city of Sharana, which is the capital of Paktika Province, Afghanistan. The Paktika Governor's compound is in Sharana, attached to the police headquarters for the province. The district is within the heartland of the Sulaimankhel tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns. [1]
The site of a large fortress, Urgun used to be the capital of the largely undeveloped and remote province of Paktika.In the 1970s, however, the provincial capital was moved from Urgun to the town of Sharana, due to Sharana's proximity with the main highway connecting it to the larger cities and commercial centers of Kabul and Kandahar.
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.
U.S. officials say they are racing to evacuate as many people from Afghanistan as possible before the end of the month, when America's 20-year military presence in the country is scheduled to end.
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 ]