Khairkot
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]
Khairkot
خیرکوټ Katawaz, Zarghun Shar | |
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town | |
Country | Afghanistan |
Province | Paktika Province |
District | Khairkot |
Elevation | 2,114 m (6,936 ft) |
Time zone | + 4.30 |
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.
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