Editing Khost (section)

{{Short description|City in Khost Province, Afghanistan}}
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|name                   = Khost
|native_name            = خوست
|settlement_type        = City
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|image_caption          = View in Khost, [[Afghanistan]]
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|subdivision_type       = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name      = {{flag|Afghanistan}}
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Afghanistan|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Khost Province|Khost]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Districts of Afghanistan|District]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Khost District|Khost]]
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|government_type        = Municipality
|leader_title           = [[List of governors of Khost|Provincial governor]]
|leader_name            = [[Mohammad Nabi Omari]]
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|population_as_of               = 2006
|population_footnotes           = <ref>[http://www.mrrd.gov.af/nabdp/Provincial%20Profiles/Khost%20PDP%20Provincial%20profile.pdf "Khost", The National Area-Based Development Program (NABDP), Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development]</ref>
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|population_total               = 160,214
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|population_urban               = 106,083<ref>{{cite web|title=The State of Afghan Cities report2015 |url=http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015/ |ref=UN-Habitat |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031111515/http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015/ |archive-date=2015-10-31 }}</ref>
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|timezone               = [[Time in Afghanistan|AFT]]
|utc_offset             = +04:30
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|coordinates            = {{coord|33|19|59|N|69|55|01|E|region:AF|display=inline,title}}
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|elevation_m            = 1225
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|postal_code            = 25XX

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'''Khōst''' ({{langx|ps|خوست}}) is the capital of [[Khost Province]] in [[Afghanistan]]. It is the largest city in the southeastern part of the country, and also the largest in the region of [[Loya Paktia]]. To the south and east of Khost lie [[Waziristan]] and [[Kurram Agency|Kurram]] in [[Pakistan]]. Khost is the home of [[Shaikh Zayed University]]. The [[Khost Airport]] is located in the [[Eastern Area Command (RAAF)|eastern area]] of the city.