Khairkot
Khairkot
خیرکوټ Katawaz, Zarghun Shar | |
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| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Paktika Province |
| District | Khairkot |
| Elevation | 2,114 m (6,936 ft) |
| Time zone | + 4.30 |
Khairkot (Pashto: خیرکوټ), also known as Zarghun Shar (زرغونښار), Zarghun Shahr (زرغونشهر),[1] or Katawaz[2] (کټواز), is a town in and administrative seat of Khairkot District, Paktika Province, in eastern Afghanistan. The town is located within the heartland of the Sulaimankhel tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns.[3]
In the 1970s Khairkot was a town of some 5,000 people, but that population decreased during the years of fighting after the Soviet invasion and the Afghan civil war.
See also
Notes
- ^ Zarghūn Shahr (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Katāwāz (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Paktika Province Tribal Map (Page 11). Naval Postgraduate School.
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32°50′50″N 68°26′45″E / 32.84722°N 68.44583°E / 32.84722; 68.44583
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