Paktika Province

E248683
administrative division province

Paktika Province is a largely rural, mountainous region in southeastern Afghanistan bordering Pakistan, known for its tribal communities and strategic location in the Afghan–Pakistani borderlands.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Paktika Province canonical 13
Loya Paktia region 2
Greater Paktia 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
province ⓘ
borders Balochistan, Pakistan ⓘ
Ghazni Province ⓘ
Khost Province ⓘ
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Pakistan ⓘ
Paktia Province ⓘ
Zabul Province ⓘ
capital Sharana ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
ethnicGroup Pashtuns ⓘ
governedBy Governor of Paktika ⓘ
hasBorderFeature Afghanistan–Pakistan border ⓘ
surface form: Durand Line
hasBorderType mountainous border with Pakistan ⓘ
hasClimate continental ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity livestock herding ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasInfrastructureCharacteristic limited road network ⓘ
hasNotableDistrict Barmal District ⓘ
Sharana District ⓘ
Urgun District ⓘ
hasNotableTown Barmal ⓘ
Gayan ⓘ
Urgun ⓘ
Yahya Khel ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic predominantly rural ⓘ
hasSecurityIssue cross-border militancy ⓘ
insurgent activity ⓘ
hasSettlementType province ⓘ
hasTerrain mountainous ⓘ
rural ⓘ
hasTribalGroup Ghilzai tribe ⓘ
surface form: Ghilzai Pashtuns

Kharoti tribe ⓘ
Mangal tribe ⓘ
Wazir tribe ⓘ
knownFor strategic location in Afghan–Pakistani borderlands ⓘ
tribal communities ⓘ
largestCity Sharana ⓘ
locatedIn southeastern Afghanistan ⓘ
locatedInRegion Paktika Province self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Greater Paktia
locatedInTimeZone Afghanistan Time ⓘ
locatedOn Afghan–Pakistani borderlands ⓘ
majorReligion Sunni Islam ⓘ
officialLanguage Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Pashto
partOf Afghanistan ⓘ
partOfConflict War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
utcOffset +4:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Afghanistan → includesProvince → Paktika Province ⓘ
Eastern Afghanistan → hasProvince → Paktika Province ⓘ
Afghanistan–Pakistan border → adjacentTo → Paktika Province ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (by Polish forces) → mainAreaOfOperations → Paktika Province ⓘ
Jalaluddin Haqqani → operationalArea → Paktika Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loya Paktia region
Ghazni Province → borderedBy → Paktika Province ⓘ
Haqqani network → operatesIn → Paktika Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loya Paktia region
Regional Command South → hasOperationalArea → Paktika Province ⓘ
Karlani → hasRegion → Paktika Province ⓘ
Zabul Province → bordersWith → Paktika Province ⓘ
Paktika Province → locatedInRegion → Paktika Province self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Paktia
Angur Ada → locatedIn → Paktika Province ⓘ
Khost → connectedByRoadTo → Paktika Province ⓘ
Paktia Province → borders → Paktika Province ⓘ
Khost Province → borderProvince → Paktika Province ⓘ
Ghilji → associatedProvince → Paktika Province ⓘ