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Nika District (Pashto: نکه ولسوالۍ, Persian: ولسوالی نکه), also known as Naka, is one of the most remote districts in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. It lies in a bowl-shaped valley and is only accessible by a few rocky river beds and a single dirt road, the latter of which is not passable in winter. The valley's economy is rudimentary and relies on wood cutting and subsistence farming. The district is within the heartland of the Zadran tribe of Pashtuns. The population in 2019 was estimated at 16,747. It was, until the US invasion 2001, a bastion for the Taliban, with mid-level and a few senior Taliban commanders spending time there, including Jalaluddin Haqqani, who has since taken up a prominent role in Al Queda and is rumored to have been one of Osama bin Laden's senior advisors.

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  • Nika (paschtunisch نيکه ولسوالۍ, persisch ولسوالی نیکه) ist ein Bezirk im Norden der afghanischen Provinz Paktika. (de)
  • Nika District (Pashto: نکه ولسوالۍ, Persian: ولسوالی نکه), also known as Naka, is one of the most remote districts in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. It lies in a bowl-shaped valley and is only accessible by a few rocky river beds and a single dirt road, the latter of which is not passable in winter. The valley's economy is rudimentary and relies on wood cutting and subsistence farming. The district is within the heartland of the Zadran tribe of Pashtuns. The population in 2019 was estimated at 16,747. It was, until the US invasion 2001, a bastion for the Taliban, with mid-level and a few senior Taliban commanders spending time there, including Jalaluddin Haqqani, who has since taken up a prominent role in Al Queda and is rumored to have been one of Osama bin Laden's senior advisors. (en)
  • Il distretto di Nika è un distretto dell'Afghanistan appartenente alla provincia della Paktika. (it)
  • Nīkêh är ett distrikt i Afghanistan. Det ligger i provinsen Paktika, i den östra delen av landet, 150 km söder om huvudstaden Kabul. Omgivningarna runt Nīkêh är i huvudsak ett öppet busklandskap. Runt Nīkêh är det ganska tätbefolkat, med 80 invånare per kvadratkilometer. I trakten råder ett kallt ökenklimat. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är 12 °C. Den varmaste månaden är juli, då medeltemperaturen är 22 °C, och den kallaste är januari, med −2 °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är 738 millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är februari, med i genomsnitt 161 mm nederbörd, och den torraste är december, med 14 mm nederbörd. (sv)
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  • Nika (paschtunisch نيکه ولسوالۍ, persisch ولسوالی نیکه) ist ein Bezirk im Norden der afghanischen Provinz Paktika. (de)
  • Nika District (Pashto: نکه ولسوالۍ, Persian: ولسوالی نکه), also known as Naka, is one of the most remote districts in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. It lies in a bowl-shaped valley and is only accessible by a few rocky river beds and a single dirt road, the latter of which is not passable in winter. The valley's economy is rudimentary and relies on wood cutting and subsistence farming. The district is within the heartland of the Zadran tribe of Pashtuns. The population in 2019 was estimated at 16,747. It was, until the US invasion 2001, a bastion for the Taliban, with mid-level and a few senior Taliban commanders spending time there, including Jalaluddin Haqqani, who has since taken up a prominent role in Al Queda and is rumored to have been one of Osama bin Laden's senior advisors. (en)
  • Il distretto di Nika è un distretto dell'Afghanistan appartenente alla provincia della Paktika. (it)
  • Nīkêh är ett distrikt i Afghanistan. Det ligger i provinsen Paktika, i den östra delen av landet, 150 km söder om huvudstaden Kabul. Omgivningarna runt Nīkêh är i huvudsak ett öppet busklandskap. Runt Nīkêh är det ganska tätbefolkat, med 80 invånare per kvadratkilometer. I trakten råder ett kallt ökenklimat. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är 12 °C. Den varmaste månaden är juli, då medeltemperaturen är 22 °C, och den kallaste är januari, med −2 °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är 738 millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är februari, med i genomsnitt 161 mm nederbörd, och den torraste är december, med 14 mm nederbörd. (sv)
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