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
town
Country Afghanistan
ProvincePaktika Province
DistrictKhairkot
Elevation
2,114 m (6,936 ft)
Time zone+ 4.30
Babur hunting on the plains of Kattavaz

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
  1. Zarghūn Shahr (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. Katāwāz (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. Paktika Province Tribal Map (Page 11). Naval Postgraduate School.

32°50′50″N 68°26′45″E


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