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Firefight leaves 5 dead in Pakitka

SHARAN (PAN fighters were killed during a firefight in southeastern Paktika province, officials said on Wednesday. The clash took place in the Yahyakhel district on Tuesday as Afghan army and police launched a clean up operation in the area, a…

Taliban shoot at labourers in Paktika, one dead

SHARAN (PAN killed a labourer and injured three others during a gun attack in southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Tuesday. The victims were working on a reconstruction project in the Paraw area of Sararoza district when they were…

10 suspects detained in Paktika

KABUL said. The joint force, including personnel from Afghan National Security and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), took the individuals to an ISAF forward operating base for processing, ISAF's media office in Kabul said in a statement, The operation…

Another tribal elder gunned down in Paktika

SHARAN (PAN): Gunmen shot dead a tribal elder in the Yahyakhel district of southeastern Paktika province on Sunday, officials said. The unknown armed men got Haji Ramazan out of his residence in the Matakhel area in the afternoon and shot…

10 Pakistani militants killed in Paktika airstrike

SHARAN (PAN): Ten Pakistani militants were killed in a coalition airstrike in the Barmal district of southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Saturday. The Pakistanis were killed on Friday night after they had sneaked into the Gharnai area from…

Karzai denounce Paktika suicide blast

KABUL): President Hamid Karzai on Sunday strongly condemned a suicide attack that killed and wounded a number of civilians in southeastern Paktika province. The teenaged bomber blew himself up at a crowded market in the Shakeen bazaar of Barmal district,…

One Afghan soldier, two rebels killed in Paktika

SHARAN (PAN): One Afghan army soldier and two militants were killed in an explosion and a clash in southeastern Paktika province, the governor's office said on Saturday. One soldier was killed and two others were wounded while trying to defuse…

$90m to be spent on Paktika development

GHAZNICITY (PAN): Development schemes worth $90 million (4.1274 billion afghanis) would be implemented during the current year in the southeastern province of Paktika, an official said on Monday. $70 million will be provided by the Provincial Reconstruction) and the rest…

Teacher trainer among 3 detained in Paktika

SHARAN (PAN): Foreign forces arrested the head of a teacher training college, a worker and a high school student in southeastern Paktika province, officials said on Sunday. The 203rd Thunder Military Corps said a joint Afghan-international security force seized a…