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- ↑ "Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2019-20" (PDF). Central Statistics Organization. 18 November 2019. p. 23. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ↑ Paktia Province Tribal Map (Page 12). Naval Postgraduate School.
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