Proper noun
Paktika
Paktika province
A province of Afghanistan.
Bergdahl was captured after walking off base on June 30, 2009, while deployed to Paktika province with 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division. Source: Internet
For example, according to Mawlawi Muhammad Qasam, the head of a tribal shura in Sar Roza district of Paktika province, an agreement was made by local tribal elders in the post-communist period (30-35 years ago) to set bride price at 10,000 Afghani. Source: Internet
"They are also disappearing, probably they have gone to Khost, Paktia or Paktika," one resident in Miranshah told AFP, naming Afghan border provinces. Source: Internet
The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has seized two vehicles packed with explosives in southeastern Paktika province of Afghanistan. Source: Internet
SHARAN, Afghanistan, Dec. 26 — Two police and five militants were killed in a clash in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktika on Saturday, deputy provincial governor said. Source: Internet