Paktika Province
Paktika (Persian/Pashto: پکتیکا) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the south-east of the country and maintains a traditional Pashtun tribal social structure. Paktika holds the reputation as being one of Afghanistan's most conservative provinces next to Helmand. Most of the population consists of Sunni Muslim Pashtuns. Its capital is Sharana.
Read more about Paktika Province: Political and Military Situation, Incidents, Politicians, History, Geography and Topography, Demographics, Tribes, Districts
Famous quotes containing the word province:
“The dramatic art would appear to be rather a feminine art; it contains in itself all the artifices which belong to the province of woman: the desire to please, facility to express emotions and hide defects, and the faculty of assimilation which is the real essence of woman.”
—Sarah Bernhardt (1845–1923)