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The 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes were a series of armed clashes consisting of cross-border airstrikes and exchanges of gunfire between Taliban ruled Afghanistan, its allied terrorists and Pakistan, at many locations along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, including North Waziristan, South Waziristan, Wana, Dera Ismail Khan, Shangla, Khost, and Paktika. [5]
May 10 – Between 150 to 300 people are killed during flash floods in Baghlan Province. [16] May 15 – A military Mi-17 helicopter crashes in Ghor Province, killing one person. [17] May 17: Six people, including three Spanish nationals, are killed and seven others are injured in a gun attack in Bamiyan. [18]
Paktika Province. 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.
Paktia (Pashto پکتيا – Paktyā) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the east of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktia Province is divided into 15 districts and has a population of roughly 623,000, [3] which is mostly a tribal society living in rural areas. Pashtuns make up the majority of ...
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 ]
Loya Paktia. 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]. Loya Paktia is vaguely defined by a common culture and history that is connected to the local indigenous tribes ...
15,651 [1] Time zone. UTC+4:30. 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 ...
Persian, Pashto, Khowar, Kyrgyz, Shughni, Ishkashimi, Wakhi. Badakhshan Province (Pashto / Dari: بدخشان) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Tajikistan 's Gorno-Badakhshan in the north and the Pakistani regions of Lower and Upper Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan in the ...