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    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...
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    the east, consists almost entirely of mountains, while travel to the Paktia Province to the south is limited to the Tera Pass, a 2896 m high road that was...
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    Lōya Paktiā (Pashto: لويه پکتيا; lit. Greater Paktia) is a historical and cultural region of Afghanistan, comprising the modern Afghan provinces of Khost...
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    capital of the province. Historically, Khost used to be a part of Paktia and a larger region surrounding Khost is still referred to as Loya Paktia. Throughout...
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  • 2013, there were only five sites used by the United Kingdom in Helmand Province including Camp Bastion (the main British base, closed 26 October 2014)...
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    Province – dissolved in 1964 to create Paktia Province. Turkestan Province – dissolved somewhere between 1929 and 1946. Qataghan-Badakhshan Province –...
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    coal reserves Kandalan Village Mudakhil District coal reserves Khost and Paktia coal reserves - 75 million tons Afghanistan has the potential to produce...
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    people. They are identified with "Pactyans" by Herodotus. Paktia Province Paktika Province Loya Paktia Prasad, R. U. S. (2020-10-06). The Rig-Vedic and Post-Rig-Vedic...
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    Kohistan District Koh Band Mahmud Raqi Nijrab Tagab Azra - shifted from Paktia Province Baraki Barak Charkh Kharwar - formerly part of Charkh District Khoshi...
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  • the last three days triggered floods in Paktia Province, Paktika Province, Khost Province and Logar Province, killing as many as 24 people and washing...
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