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	Khost (خوست)
	Province
Country	Afghanistan
Capital	Khost
- coordinates	33°24′N 69°54′E / 33.4°N 69.9°E
Area	4,152 km2 (1,603 sq mi)
Population	638,849
Timezone	UTC+4:30
Main language	Pashto
	Map of Afghanistan with Khost highlighted

Coordinates: 33°24′N 69°54′E / 33.4°N 69.9°E

Khost (Pashto: خوست) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the east of the country. Khost province used to be part of Paktia province in the past. Its capital is Khost City, which was the first Afghan city to be liberated from communist rule during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

[edit] Security

On 20 November 2009 a bomb killed 3 civilians and wounded 3 others as a car hit a roadside bomb in Khost City. According to the chief of criminal investigation the act aws perpatrated by the Taliban. ^[2]

On 24 November, 2009, according to the Afghan Ministry of Interior, 6 people, including 5 children were killed when a remote control bomb attacked a water station in Khost which had been built by the Rural Rehabilitation Ministry to distribute water to the locals. ^[3]

[edit] Politics

The current Governor of the Province is Hamidullah Qalandarzai.

[edit] Demographics

Man with his young daughter waiting to receive medical care in the province.

The population of 638,849 is primarily Pashtun, and the main tribes are:

Khostwal (clans: Lakkan, Tawizai, Sabari, Shamil, Matun, Mali, Mandozai, Tani and Ishmaelkhel)
Zadran
Dzadzi
Wazir
- Gurboz
Kharsin (Mazdak)

There are Ghilzai Pashtuns in smaller number as well.

[edit] Districts

Districts of Khost (not showing the Shamal District).

**Districts of Khost Province**
District	Population^[1]	Notes
Bak	27,675
Gurbuz	30,751
Jaji Maidan	23,197
Khost (Matun)	160,214
Mandoazi	61,682
Musa Khel	41,998
Nadir Shah Kot	37,193
Qalandar	11,406
Sabari	89,779
Shamal	13,523	Shifted from Paktia Province in 2005
Spera	26,685
Tani	67,096
Tere Zayi

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b http://www.mrrd.gov.af/nabdp/Provincial%20Profiles/Khost%20PDP%20Provincial%20profile.pdf Khost Provincial Profile
^ "Roadside bomb kills 3 civilians, wound 3 in E Afghanistan " 20 November 2009. Xinhua News. Khost. Accessed at: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/20/content_12505067.htm
^ "Afghanistan: Children killed in bomb attack in Khost City." 24 November 2009. Accessed at: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvWEqwq3CrRvaQCmt21MfoYhjZJQD9C5SPI00
^ Afghanistan Geographic & Thematic Layers

Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire, by Chalmers Johnson, ISBN 0-8050-6239-4
"Ghost Wars"

[edit] External links

Khost Tribal Map on nps.edu

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[1] "Roadside bomb kills 3 civilians, wound 3 in E Afghanistan " 20 November 2009. Xinhua News. Khost. Accessed at: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/20/content_12505067.htm

[2] "Afghanistan: Children killed in bomb attack in Khost City." 24 November 2009. Accessed at: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvWEqwq3CrRvaQCmt21MfoYhjZJQD9C5SPI00

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