Khairkot ( ps, خیرکوټ), also known as Zarghun Shar (), Zarghun Shahr (), or Katawaz (), is a town in and administrative seat of

Khairkot District Khairkot District ( ps, خیرکوټ ولسوالۍ), also known as Katawaz or Zarghun Shar District ( ps, زرغونښار ولسوالۍ, prs, ولسوالی زرغونشهر), is a district of Paktika Province, Afghanistan. The district is with ...

Paktika Province Paktika (Pashto/Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktika has a population of about 789,000, mostly ethnic Pashtuns. The town of Sharan ...

, in eastern Afghanistan. The town is located within the heartland of the Sulaimankhel tribe of

Ghilji The Ghiljī ( ps, غلجي, ; fa, خیلجی, Xelji) also spelled Khilji, Khalji, or Ghilzai or Ghilzay (), are one of the largest Pashtun tribes. Their traditional homeland is Ghazni and Qalati Ghilji in Afghanistan but they have also sett ...

Pashtuns Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically r ...

.Paktika Province Tribal Map (Page 11)
Naval Postgraduate School. 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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Populated places in Paktika Province {{Paktika-geo-stub

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