Khost Province

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Khost خوست
Capital  • Coordinates	Khost  • 33.337° N 69.918° E
Population (2002)  • Density	~300,000  • /km²
Area	4,152 km²
Time zone	UTC+4:30
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 Osama bin Laden in Khost province, where bin Laden subsequently trained 35,000 volunteers.^{[citation needed]} This site continued in operation until it was ordered bombed by President Bill Clinton in August of 1998.^{[citation needed]}

A U.S. Marine maintains an overwatch position in the Khost province in Afghanistan

[edit] Districts

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

[edit] Reference

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

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Provinces of Afghanistan

Badakhshan • Badghis • Baghlan • Balkh • Bamyan • Daykundi • Farah • Faryab • Ghazni • Ghor • Helmand • Herat • Jowzjan • Kabul • Kandahar • Kapisa • Khost • Kunar • Kunduz • Laghman • Lowgar • Nangarhar • Nimruz • Nurestan • Oruzgan • Paktia • Paktika • Panjshir • Parvan • Samangan • Sar-e Pol • Takhar • Wardak • Zabul

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