Khost Province

Khost (خوست)
Province
Country  Afghanistan
Capital Khost
 - coordinates
Area 4,152 km² (1,603 sq mi)
Population 638,849 [1]
Timezone UTC+4:30
Main language Pashto
Map of Afghanistan with Khost highlighted

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.

Contents

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 was 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]

On 30 December, 2009, a suicide attacker detonated explosives at Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost province near the Afghan border with Pakistan, killing eight American civilians and wounding others.

Politics

Governors

The current Governor of the Province is Abdul Jabbar Naeemi. [4]

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:

There are Ghilzai Pashtuns in smaller number as well.

Districts

Districts of Khost (not showing the Shamal District).
Districts of Khost Province
District Capital Population[1] Area[5] 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

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.mrrd.gov.af/nabdp/Provincial%20Profiles/Khost%20PDP%20Provincial%20profile.pdf Khost Provincial Profile
  2. ↑ "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
  3. ↑ "Afghanistan: Children killed in bomb attack in Khost City." 24 November 2009. Accessed at: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvWEqwq3CrRvaQCmt21MfoYhjZJQD9C5SPI00
  4. ↑ Naval Postgraduate school Khost Province Executive summary
  5. ↑ Afghanistan Geographic & Thematic Layers

External links

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