Khost Province
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| Khost (خوست) | |
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| Country |  Afghanistan |
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| Capital | Khost |
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| Area | 4,152 km² (1,603 sq mi) |
| Population | 300,000 (2002) |
| Timezone | UTC+4:30 |
| Main language | Pashto |
 Map of Afghanistan with Khost highlighted
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Khost (Pashto: خوست) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the east of the country. Its capital is the town also called Khost. Khost province used to be part of Paktia province in the past.
The province is mountainous 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 United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) built a training complex and storage facility for Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in Khost province, it was subsequently utilized by Osama bin Laden to train Al-Qaeda volunteers.[citation needed] This site continued in operation until it was ordered to be bombed by President Bill Clinton in August of 1998.[citation needed]
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[edit] 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]
[edit] Districts
- 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
[edit] References
- Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire, by Chalmers Johnson, ISBN 0-8050-6239-4
- "Ghost Wars"
[edit] External links
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