In the video, Bergdahl's captor makes reference to his being moved from Paktika to Khandahar.

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U.S. military and local officials also reported fighting in the southeastern province of Paktika on Tuesday morning.

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The U.S. led-coalition said militants in Paktika province attacked two district centers in the province on Tuesday.

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Think of Khalida, a young Afghan woman enrolled in a UNESCO course at a training center in Paktika Province, Afghanistan.

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Bergdahl was captured three weeks ago in the Paktika province in southeastern Afghanistan, according to the Department of Defense.

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Intriguingly, provinces where tribal structures are strongest, such as Paktia, Paktika and Khost, have proved most resistant to Taliban encroachment.

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The king's arrival has been welcomed not only by fellow members of the Pushtun ethnic majority, like Mohammed Ali Jalali, of the eastern province of Paktika, but even by General Wasequllah, an ethnic Tajik and former Northern Alliance commander, who has just been named a general in the new Afghan army.

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