06 February 2011 By Isma'il Al-Suhayli In the name of Allah, the Most
Gracious and the Most Merciful. Geographic Situation: Paktika
Province is located in the southeast of Afghanistan
and is bordered by Paktia and Khost provinces to the
east; Ghazni to the north; Zabul to the west and the
Waziristan region to the south. 393,800 people live in
the province, the capital of which is the city of
Sharan. It is situated 2118 meters above sea level.
(Paktika) was separated from
greater Paktia and is composed of 23 districts: Mata
Khan, Yosuf Khel, Yahya Khel, Omna, Sar awda, Zarghun
Shahr, Jani Khel, Gomal, Sarobi, Urgun, Ziruk, Nika,
Dila, Khushamand, Waza Khwa, Terwa, Barmal, Gayan,
Kherkut, Remami, Yek Khel and Jarbaran. The life of the people in Paktika
province is a tribal life like the rest of the Pashtun
tribes, characterized by religiousness, hospitality,
patience, forbearance, respect for their chiefs and
honor for scholars. Educational Situation: The
continuous wars in Afghanistan have impacted all
aspects of life. The educational aspect has been
greatly damaged and the residents of Paktika have been
denied the blessings of education. There are
undoubtedly causes for this deprivation, at the
forefront of which is the foreign occupation which has
left its negative impression on the Afghan people,
especially the people of Paktika province. Paktika province was one of the
main battlefronts during the Soviet occupation and
remains in the front line of fire in confronting the
Crusaders. The residents of Paktika still defend Islam
and its people with self-sacrifice and devotion as
they break the backs of the tyrannical aggressors. Due
to their death-defying defense and heroic stand, the
haughty aggressors destroy their schools by their
continuous shelling of villages and their barbarous
campaigns. Because of this, the educational
infrastructure is being demolished and the people of
this province are denied their right to an education.
Health Situation: Undoubtedly
whenever a country is afflicted by the flames of
battle, there is a detrimental impact on and
degeneration in the basic necessities of people's
life. Public health is one of those necessities (of
life) that has been greatly damaged in Afghanistan.
The health situation in Paktika province is very low.
Some Arab charitable foundations used to be concerned
with the health situation in Paktika province but,
after the American occupation, all projects connected
to the health situation in the region collapsed and
matters went from bad to worse. A routine illness that
used to be treated immediately, now, because of the
lack suitable clinics for treatment, become chronic
illnesses. The situation is aggravated by the fact
that Paktika province lacks a working hospital and a
single specialist who can treat these routine
illnesses!!! The Role of the People of Paktika
in Confronting the Crusader Occupation: The people of
Paktika province, as mentioned before, are a
prohibitive barrier in confronting the occupiers,
always conducting their Jihad to defend their
religion. The pages of the history of Afghanistan bear
(the stories of) the heroes of Paktika who confronted
both the English and Russian occupation. After the
American occupation of Afghanistan and the maligning
of our Islamic values, Paktika was among the first
provinces to declare Jihad against the American
forces. The famed Shahi Kut mountains in Pakistan
witnessed one of the epic battles in the land of
Afghanistan under the leadership of the Shaheed Saif
al-Rahman Mansour, may Allah have mercy on him. This
extraordinary commander began his campaign against
American forces, taking the Shah-i Kot mountains as a
base to launch his Jihadist operations and reminded
the occupiers of the black days of Vietnam. From the epic battle of the Shah-i
Kot mountains till this day, Paktika province has been
a lofty fortress of Jihad. The sacrifices of its
people are always increasing. The people of this proud
province are determined to continue their Jihad until
Afghanistan is liberated from the filth of the
Crusaders and the banner of Islam flutters in its sky! Paktika province is one of the
provinces in which the Mujahideen were able to kidnap
an American soldier from inside an American military
base in broad daylight and transport him to a secure
location. This demonstrates the cooperation of the
people of Paktika and their standing by the side of
their Mujahideen brothers because such an operation
cannot be conducted without the cooperation of the
local people. Paktika province is considered
one of the most important bases of Jihad in the
southern regions and the operations of the Mujahideen
in this province are conducted with the cooperation of
its residents. Its zealous people stand in the ranks
of Jihad in confronting the occupiers and their
lackeys. For this cause, they, like the rest of the
people in the other provinces of Afghanistan, offer
the greatest examples of heroism and sacrifices. This year, Paktika province, in
comparison to neighboring provinces, offered many
martyrs, may Allah Almighty accept them. Yet, Jihadist
operations have not ceased. Rather, they are on the
continuous increase. In each of its districts, the
Mujahideen launch their attacks on enemy bases. The
enemy has tried his sword (against them) time and time
again but they remain nothing but a shamed loser,
bearing enormous losses in lives and equipment. The martyrdom-seeking military
operation which was recently carried out by nine
Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate against a border
base in the Urgun directorate resulted in the
destruction of almost fifty infidel occupiers, is the
best evidence of what we said. The pace of Mujahideen
operations against the supply convoys of the
occupation forces is continuously on the increase. The
people of Paktika have not, and will not permit these
military convoys to cross the lands of Paktika in
peace! They lie in ambush for them and offer
themselves; their wealth and their sons as a sacrifice
for the Deen of Allah Azza wa Jall and will not
let the filthy feet of the occupiers tread on their
lands. Despite all the efforts of the enemy to control
Paktika province and annihilate the Mujahideen, the
Mujahideen, through the grace of the All-powerful and
Omnipotent, have liberated a large area of this
province from the filth of occupations and its
lackeys. The flag of the Islamic Emirate flutters in
the sky over 85% of the lands of Paktika, praise be to
Allah. The occupiers and their lackeys have become
besieged in their bases and even the areas adjacent to
these bases are under the control of the Mujahideen.
Most of the occupiers in this
province are American, but there are also some
soldiers belonging to other countries who work on
American bases under the direct supervision of the
Americans. The number of occupiers is around 10,000
soldiers. The presence of this huge number
of occupiers armed to the teeth with the most modern
and destructive of weapons has not had a negative
impact on the morale of the Mujahideen. Rather, the
morale of the Mujahideen is high, because it is based
on lofty principles and their ardor built upon true
and passionate sentiments. Indeed, the Mujahideen
rejoice in this great number of occupiers because
military targets have therefore spread out and
increased. Because of his inability to
destroy the Jihadist movement in the region, the
cowardly enemy has resorted to base methods in
targeting the people; destroying their houses and
raiding their homes at night in order to take their
revenge against the Mujahideen and spread a climate of
fear and terror in the province. This, however, has no
effect on the morale of the people of the province and
strong cooperation in the cause of Jihad. Rather, this
barbarism makes them more committed to the Mujahideen
and ignites in them the spirit of vengeance and
retribution against the occupiers and their cowardly
agents. The increase in Mujahideen operations in this
province and in their campaigns there is evidence of
this reality. Indeed, because of these operations, the
Paktika theater has become oppressive for the
occupiers. Praise be to Allah, first and
finally. Translated From The Islamic
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