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	Institute for War and Peace Reporting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But UN officials have said that in Paktia the overall picture is of stabilisation, both in the administrative centre Gardez and in the rural districts.
		Although Paktia continues to see sporadic violent incidents, Gardez was clearly regarded as sufficiently secure by the international community to be selected for the early stages of the pilot Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration, DDR, programme.
		Paktia has received international pledges of help to rebuild three arterial roads, two leading south to Pakistan and one north to Kabul, as well as to refurbish Gardez.
	www.iwpr.net /index.pl?archive/arr/arr_200311_82_1_eng.txt (1132 words)

	USATODAY.com - Factional fighting threatens Afghan peace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Paktia province has been a major target of U.S. military action since the Taliban fell.
		A powerful Taliban commander, Jalaluddin Haqqani, held sway over much of Paktia where he allowed Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network to establish training camps and use tunnel complexes built with U.S. help during the 1980s Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to house his warriors and hide arms caches.
		U.S. warplanes pounded cave complexes at Zawar in Paktia frequently until mid-January, and special forces troops are in the province hunting al-Qaeda fugitives and seeking intelligence that could prevent new terror attacks.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002/01/31/afghan-fighting.htm (871 words)

	Afghan school blast kills at least 10. 29/08/2004. ABC News Online
		At least nine children and one adult were killed when a blast ripped through a school in the south-eastern Afghan province of Paktia, a US military spokesperson said.
		The school was in the village of Naiknaam, near the town of Zormat, 125 kilometres south of Kabul, according to the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press agency.
		Paktia's governor said there were contradictory reports about the cause of the blast, with some saying it was an explosive device placed on a motorcycle parked outside the school and others saying a device was planted inside the school.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200408/s1187578.htm (362 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Building Stability in Afghanistan
		The people of Paktia, despite such understandable nervousness, have largely escaped the anti-government sabotage, threats and recruiting by the revived Taliban militia and its allies that have spread across southeastern Afghanistan in the past several months, leaving victims, converts and new allies in its wake.
		A year ago the provincial capital, Gardez, was a sullen ghost town governed by ineffective civilian leaders, dominated by abusive police and army troops, and threatened by warlords.
		But in Paktia, cooperation among several major tribes has created what Trives called a lock that the Taliban and other anti-government forces have so far been unable to break.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A25421-2003Sep30?language=printer (1271 words)

	Paktia_Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Paktia province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan.
		Doctor Najibullah Ahmadzai the former president of Afghanistan is from Paktia province.
		Mohammad Abid Amiri is who is one of YES Afghanistan Exchage student from Paktia province.
	www.partsquote.com /search.php?title=Paktia_Province (109 words)

	Paktia, Afghanistan Map & Placename Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Local Map of Ster Kalay Hesarak, Paktia, Afghanistan
		Local Map of Kala Daulat Khan, Paktia, Afghanistan
		Local Map of Jan Sareh Kalay, Paktia, Afghanistan
	www.multimap.com /index/AF25.htm (32 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| terrorism Warlords back US against al-Qaeda
		Hajji Mohammad Isaq, the main commander in Paktia's capital Gardez, said reinforcements are expected to come from forces loyal to ethnic Uzbek Abdul Rashid Dostam and the ethnic Hazara Mohammad Karim Khalili, among other leaders.
		US-led forces have been bombarding Paktia's Arma Mountains since Saturday to rout holed-up remnants of the Taliban regime and the al-Qaeda terrorist network.
		Paktia has been the scene of fighting between rival tribal warlords over interim leader Hamid Karzai's choice of governor, and the Kabul administration is keen to assert its control over the area.
	iafrica.com /news/us_terror/905871.htm (309 words)

	Over 200 Civilians are Killed to Get 1.5 Taliban Leaders
		The first U.S. bombing attacks in the post-Tora Bora air campaign targeted the village of Mashikhel in Paktia province and a village in the Jaji district of Paktia.
		Two jet fighters at noon attacked Mashikhel in Paktia, in the Jaji district near the border with Pakistan, aimed at what was upon an abandoned Taliban base.
		Fifteen civilians were killed and three houses were totally destroyed, according to witnesses arriving in the Pakistani border town of Miran Shah.
	www.cursor.org /stories/paktia.htm (1672 words)

	KeepMedia \| Newsweek: Karzai's Toughest Test
		In what could be the most serious threat yet to Afghanistan's new government, a warlord in the southern province of Paktia is refusing Afghan leader Hamid Karzai's entreaties to step down as governor.
		An Afghan intelligence official says Al Qaeda and Taliban warriors may be regrouping in Paktia province, which borders a sympathetic Pakistani region where many of them are believed to have fled.
		The warlord, Padshah Khan Zadran, told NEWSWEEK in an interview on Wednesday that he would not resign as governor of Paktia despite pressure from Karzai, who is seeking to install a new governor since the conflict began.
	keepmedia.com /pubs/Newsweek/2002/02/13/312562?extID=10037&oliID=229 (238 words)

	Pacha Khan Zadran
		In spite of his Pashtun origins, Zadran was never an ally to the Taliban, although he was captured by Pakistani soldiers in December 2003 while heading for the tribal areas in Pakistan, a stronghold of the Taliban resistance.
		When Karzai's interim government appointed Zadran governor of Paktia province and head of the southern zone in January 2004, he was prevented from taking the provincial seat by local tribal leaders who rejected his rule.
		Raz Mohammad Dalili was appointed governor of Paktia province in 2002, he faced opened opposition from Zadran, who warned him not to come to Paktia because if he did, Zadran would certainly fight him.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/afghanistan/zadran.htm (1402 words)

	UN-backed pilot disarmament under way in Paktia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Paktia disarmament was the second pilot phase of the DDR effort after the northeastern province of Konduz on 21 October, where 1,000 ex-combatants had been disarmed, demobilised and were now being reintegrated into society through the multi-million dollar Japanese-funded, UN-backed campaign.
		The arms collection had started in Gardez on 9 November, and a total of 595 soldiers of the Afghan military forces were disarmed as of Monday, the UN said.
		In addition to the provinces of Konduz and Paktia, another four pilot projects would be undertaken before the main phase - the disarming of 100,000 ex-combatants - scheduled to start early next summer, Ociti said.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=37932 (769 words)

	CNN.com - Afghan peace convoy faces 'military threat' - January 30, 2002
		The fighting on Wednesday began as a "peace convoy" of Afghan leaders was holding meetings in the provincial capital of Gardez.
		Gailani has been traveling around Paktia over the past week in an effort to unite Pashtuns, who are split among three factions.
		Greater Paktia, which was split into three provinces by the Taliban, is considered the heartland of the Pashtun people.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/central/01/30/afghan.convoy (332 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Women's suffrage tests Afghanistan
		Some were villagers in muddy shoes who had traveled hours to reach this registration site in Paktia Province, drawn by radio ads urging people to participate in their country's political future.
		In Paktia and many rural areas, millions of women are being prevented from registering for Afghanistan's first democratic elections by winter weather, physical insecurity, and conservative Muslim and tribal culture.
		Manoel de Almeida e Silva, the UN spokesman in Afghanistan, noted that in some cities, women are registering in equal numbers with men, but that in many rural areas they are only a small fraction of the total.
	www.boston.com /news/world/articles/2004/02/29/womens_suffrage_tests_afghanistan (864 words)

	CNN.com - Afghan tribal leaders call for end to bombing - December 28, 2001
		The tribal leaders from the Paktia province made their request during a press conference Thursday in the Afghan capital.
		But tribesman from Paktia province, where the bombing took place, say only tribal elders were killed while traveling to the December 22 ceremony to swear in the members of the interim Afghan government.
		The Paktia tribesmen also said there are no more terrorists in their province but both the United States and the Afghan government do not agree with their claim.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/12/28/ret.afghan.bombing (574 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The warlord's two previous attempts to seize control of Paktia's provincial capital, Gardez, have left around 80 people dead in the fiercest inter-Afghan fighting since the collapse of the Taliban last October.
		Karzai has made the "disappearance" of warlords a top priority of his new regime but the continued defiance of Khan, who claims to have the backing of some 6,000 troops, demonstrates the size of his task.
		Khan was initially appointed as governor of Paktia province by Karzai, but he failed to take office after members of a local shura (council of elders) refused to accept him.
	www.dailynews.lk /2002/07/19/wor05.html (470 words)

	Afgha.com - 250 Paktia Taleban return to peaceful life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The “National Unity Commission” was established two months ago in Paktia province and is struggling to convince the opposition to stop violence.
		It is reported that the second meeting of this commission was held in the governor house of this province yesterday where at first Hakim Taniwal, the province's governour, spoke about activities of this commission in last two months, and added that during this period 250 opposition fighters have agreed to leave the Taleban movement.
		This meeting was also attended by former opposition fighters, who had recently left the Taleban, people’s representatives, head of districts of Paktia province, and representative of Allied forces in the region.
	www.afgha.com /?af=article&sid=49287 (192 words)

	AV Press: Al-Qaida, Taliban fighters regrouping
		However, U.S. special forces and other covert troops are known to be operating in Paktia province, a rugged area south of the capital, Kabul.
		Afghan sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Omar is on the move between Maruf in southeastern Afghanistan, Ghazni southwest of Kabul and in the Sharan region of Paktika province, which borders Paktia to the south.
		Najib said the provinces of Paktia and adjacent Paktika were "the worst place for all these people, Taliban and al-Qaida, because all of them escaped this way" after the fall of Kabul and other cities last year.
	www.avpress.com /n/sp/attack/sty656.hts (842 words)

	Taliban draw strength from tribal roots
		The sources say that the Taliban have given the signal for hit-and-run operations to be launched on the troops and installations of the US and its allies, all orchestrated from the Shah Kot to Zarmat area.
		Most tribes in Paktia, and especially in the Gardez region, have a soft spot for the Taliban.
		As a result, resistance in Paktia will continue until either the US carpet bombs the entire province into oblivion, or external tribes move in and with force occupy the land.
	www.atimes.com /c-asia/DC07Ag01.html (937 words)

	U.N. pulls staff from Afghan areas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Snowfall like yesterday's in Gardez, Paktia province, is welcomed in drought-prone Afghanistan, but the withdrawal of aid workers could make the winter harder for returning refugees.
		SOME 30 FOREIGN staff members were being withdrawn, and refugee centers in the Afghan provinces of Nangarhar, Paktia, Khost and Kandahar were being closed, said Filippo Grandi, the chief of mission in Afghanistan at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
		The withdrawal of international staff follows a series of attacks on the United Nations in recent days, including the drive-by killing of Bettina Goislard, a 29-year-old UNHCR worker, as she traveled through a bazaar in a clearly marked U.N. vehicle in the city of Ghazni, 60 miles southwest of the capital.
	www.msnbc.com /news/994998.asp?0cv=CB10 (718 words)

	Afghan warlords battle for control of Paktia province
		US warplanes were seen circling over Gardez as mortar and small arms fire rocked the rural town of some 50,000 people, and residents fled on foot and in trucks.
		The fighting appeared to be the most serious outbreak of violence between rival tribal leaders in Afghanistan since the Taliban collapsed and the UN-backed interim government was put in place last month.
		The latest fighting broke out a day after Khan said he was planning to launch an attack on up to 1,200 al-Qaeda members he claims have regrouped in mountains in eastern Paktia province.
	www.rawa.org /gardez.htm (698 words)

	Afghanistan proceeds to tear itself apart
		Rival forces clashed in Mazar-i-Sharif on the weekend and are ready for combat in Kunduz, while in Paktia, the governor installed by Kabul has already been thrown out and a new war is in progress.
		The battle in Paktia province is between the forces of governor Bacha Khan, who has always been considered loyal to the former Afghan king, Zahir Shah, and the forces of Saifullah Khan, loyal to former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani.
		Informed sources say that Karzai is not willing to give up Paktia, whatever the cost, and has sent fresh supplies to the deposed governor to help him win back his position.
	atimes.com /c-asia/DB05Ag01.html (1191 words)

	GN Online: U.S. planes bomb Al Qaida hideouts
		U.S. warplanes yesterday bombed Paktia province in eastern Afghanistan in pursuit of Taliban leaders and suspected members of Al Qaida organisation killing 25 civilians and injuring four others in Nikka village.
		Locals residents from the village said on the telephone that the village, some 100 km south-east of Gardez was targeted twice in the early hours yesterday on information provided by anti-Taliban elements that former Taliban governor of Paktia, Maulavi Taha and some Al Qaida fighters were hiding in the village.
		Former police chief of Nangarhar and Taliban governor of Paktia, Maulavi Taha belong to Nikka village and still refuse to part ways with the students militia.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=36371 (339 words)

	Afghan Women Wind Up Tough Campaigns
		She's vying to represent the volatile and religiously conservative Pashtun-dominated border province of Paktia in the country's lower house of Parliament.
		Wardak, a 38-year-old journalist, says Paktia is a difficult place for a woman to vote, much less run for public office.
		Wardak notes that after facing initial resistance from men in her province, she was invited by male community leaders in Paktia to campaign with the assurance that they would ensure her security and provide their active support.
	www.womensenews.org /article.cfm/dyn/aid/2455/context/archive (1376 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Padsha Khan was appointed governor of the Paktia province, south of Kabul, last week.
		Most everything else about the fighting in Paktia is shrouded in uncertainty, as supporters of opposing factions offer widely differing interpretations of what is actually going on.
		Sayed Mohammad Gailani said a group of his father's followers from the National Islamic Front traveled to Paktia and invited all parties in the region to a gathering in Gardez.
	www.rferl.org /nca/features/2002/01/31012002103108.asp (712 words)

	Ancient ethnic rivalries threaten Afghan peace process / Mixed troops form unstable alliances
		Nowhere was the danger more obvious than at the edge of the Paktia battlefield yesterday as local ethnic Pashtun commanders spoke out against the arrival in the area on Friday of nearly 1,000 ethnic Tajik reinforcement troops from Kabul, led by one-legged former Northern Alliance commander Gul Haider.
		The Tajik soldiers sent to Paktia represent the first substantive attempt by the interim government in Kabul to deploy such a force.
		Underscoring his point, dozens of sympathetic Pashtuns in Paktia are believed to have joined the fight alongside the Taliban and al Qaeda forces.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/03/11/MN194969.DTL&type=printable (985 words)

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