Paktia
Proper noun
Meaning
Paktia
Paktia province
A province of Afghanistan.
Anagrams
Examples
Bin Laden started addressing small gatherings of his comrades in Kunar, as well as in Paktia.
In the eastern province of Paktia, a suicide car bomber rammed a convoy of road construction workers in Wazi Zadran district on Friday, killing five people and wounding four others, said provincial police chief Gen. Azizudin Wardak.
The Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz attending a press conference said 12 new cases recorded in Kabul, 7 in Paktia, 4 in Logar, 2 in Herat, 3 in Daikundi and one in Bamyan province.
The temporary fall of Janikhel illustrates how vulnerable many district centres in Loya Paktia are, even though the Taleban rarely make any serious attempts to capture them.
Many were mullahs who had come in large delegations from provinces such as Nangahar, Badakhshan, Parwan, Logar, Ghazni, Kapisa and Paktia.
"They are also disappearing, probably they have gone to Khost, Paktia or Paktika," one resident in Miranshah told AFP, naming Afghan border provinces.