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# Paktika

Last year
2022
At least 1,000 people killed after 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan
Officials warned the death toll will likely rise.
All time
Column: The tragic killings of Afghan women are treated as mere statistics
Beatings, disfigurations, kidnappings and murders of women by relatives and armed groups are continuing in Afghanistan. Why are these horrifying crimes being brushed under the carpet? asks Horia Mosadiq.
Fifty insurgents killed in east Afghanistan
The militants were killed during two days of fighting in Paktika province.
Suicide bombers kill 20 civilians in Afghanistan
A truck was loaded with explosives in eastern Afghanistan and then detonated in the grounds of a construction company, killing 20 civilians and wounding about 50 others.