KABUL, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Thunder and lightning claimed the lives of two children in eastern Afghanistan's Paktia province on Friday, provincial director for the Natural Disaster Management ...

KABUL, June 8 (Xinhua) -- A child lost his life and four others were injured as an unexploded ordnance went off in east Afghanistan's Paktia province, local media outlet TOLOnews reported Sunday ...

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Residents and officials in Paktia province say targeted killings are on the rise, school attendance is down, and Taliban checkpoints have multiplied.

Authorities in an eastern province of Afghanistan have reopened some girls’ high schools even though the move has not been officially approved. "The schools have opened some days ago. The rules ...

KABUL -- Taliban insurgents launched a complex attack on the morning of September 1 against a military base in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least three public protection forces, an official said.

Dozens of girls protested in eastern Afghanistan's Paktia Province on September 10 after Taliban authorities shut their secondary schools just days after classes resumed.

Afghan officials say the deputy head of the provincial council in the southeastern province of Paktia has been assassinated by unknown gunmen.

NPR's Tom Gjelten brings us an overview of the past five days of fighting in the mountains of Paktia province in eastern Afghanistan. He provides some of the details of the battle that are just ...

Authorities in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktia said girls' high schools had opened in recent days, though the move had not been officially approved.