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Convicted candidate arrested before escape to Uzbekistan...

By: Pajhwok Reporter , Date:13/02/2019

KABUL (Pajhwok): Sentenced to five years in jail, a successful Wolesi Jirga candidate from southeastern Paktika province has been arrested in northern Balkh province while attempting to escape... Read More

Security personnel encouraged people to vote for specific c...

By: Pajhwok Reporter , Date:23/10/2018

SHARAN (Pajhwok): Some Wolesi Jirga Candidates have claimed security personnel in the districts and remote areas of southeastern Paktika province have encouraged people to vote for specific candidates. Ma... Read More

Paktika pine nut traders complain of huge losses

By: Pajhwok Reporter , Date:26/09/2015

SHARAN (Pajhwok): Pine nut traders in southeastern Paktika province complain they have to suffer losses worth millions of afghanis every year due lack of access to suitable markets. Most of the... Read More

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SHARAN (PAN): Two civilians, six policemen killed and two insurgents were killed in a fresh bout of violence in southeastern Paktika province, officials said on Sunday.

Civilians among 10 dead in Paktika violence

SHARANA (PAN): A health centre was reopened in the Deela district of southeastern Paktika province on Saturday, 13 years after the facility was closed for security reasons, an official said.
Clashes between security forces and insurgents had been a key reason behind long closure of the health clinic, Public Health Director Dr. Wali Gul told Pajhwok Afghan News.

By Magnus Ohman
What country has the most expensive election campaigns in the world? At a first glance the answer may be obvious; in the recent US elections over 2 billion dollars were spent, and combined with the other elections held at that time, the total spending is estimated to over 6 billion.

A number of people in Paktika, like Afghans in other provinces, know only two or three of the 41 presidential candidates.
One reason is that some new faces have entered the election arena and their campaigns are mostly restricted to Kabul.
Located in the southeastern zone of the country, Paktika is a vast semi-mountainous province with an area of 19,500 square kilometers. It borders Ghazni, Paktia, Khost and Zabul provinces. Paktika also shares a 350-kilometre border with the Waziristan tribal region and Balochistan province of neighbouring Pakistan.