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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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Paktika residents decry Abdullah’s remarks

SHARAN (Pajhwok): Residents of southeastern Paktika province on Wednesday decried recent remarks of Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and his first vice-president Eng. Mohammad Khan.
Mohammad Khan and Abdullah had said the number of votes cast in eastern provinces was higher than the number of eligible voters and the results were unacceptable.
In response, many tribal elders and civil society representatives held a protest gathering, where participants accused Abdullah’s team of trying to push the country into a crisis.

Paktika sees high turnout in runoff vote

SHARAN (Pajhwok): Given active participation of the people in the runoff vote, the turnout in southeastern Paktika province was higher that the April 5 first round, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) director said on Monday.

SHARAN/FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers beat up election staff and took away ballot boxes from a polling site in southeastern Paktika province on Friday, an official claimed.

د پکتيکا او غزني علماوو د ټاکنو لپاره د عامه پوهاوي د ترسره کولو ژمنه وکړه

The police chief for the Orgun in Paktika, said militants fired 15 missiles into the town but there had been no reports of casualties do far

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SHARANA (Pajhwok): The Independent Electoral Complaint Commission (IECC) on Friday said the media had been released incorrect figures about the quarantined ballot boxes and invalidated votes in southeastern Paktia province.
Two days back, IECC commissioner Abdul Hamid Malang in Paktika had committed a mistake in figures released to the media, IECC commissioner Muhammad Khan Abid told Pajhwok Afghan News.
“Malang told the media that ballot boxes of 183 polling centres are quarantined and votes cast at 12 polling centers invalidated,” Abid recalled.