Khairkot
خیرکوټ
Katawaz, Zarghun Shar
town
Country Afghanistan
ProvincePaktika Province
DistrictKhairkot
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.

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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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