Khost Province

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Khost خوست
Capital  • Coordinates	Khost  • 33.4° N 69.9° E
Population (2002)  • Density	~300,000  • /km²
Area	4,152 km²
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Main language(s)	Pashto

Khost (Pashto: خوست) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the south-east of the country. Its capital is Khost. It used to be part of Paktia province. The province is montanious and borders Pakistan on the east. Khost was the first city to be liberated from communist rule during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. In 1986, the Central Intelligence Agency built a training complex and storage facility for Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in Khost province, it was subsequently utilized by Osama bin Laden to train Al Queda volunteers. This site continued in operation until it was ordered to be bombed by President Bill Clinton in August of 1998.

Politics

The current Governor of the Province is Arsala Jamal. In August 2007, he narrowly escaped a suicide car bomb attack in Khost City that killed several of his bodyguards [1]. The August attack was the fourth suicide attack Jamal has faced in his tenure in the volatile province [2].

Districts

U.S. Marines searching for Taliban forces in Khost province in Afghanistan.

Districts of Khost.

• Bak District
• Gurbuz District
• Jaji Maydan District
• Khost (Matun) District
• Mando Zayi District
• Musa Khel District
• Nadir Shah Kot District
• Qalandar District
• Sabari District
• Shamal District
• Spera District
• Tani District
• Tere Zayi District

References

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

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