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 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 Sharana ...

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. The district is within the heartland of the

Sulaimankhel The Sulaimankhel ( ps, سليمان خېل), or Suleiman Khel, are a Pashtun sub-tribe of the Ghilji tribe of Bettani confederation of Pashtuns, Mostly Nomadic People. In the early 20th century, the tribe was recognised as generally pastoral. ...

tribe of

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. The district capital is

Khairkot Khairkot ( ps, خیرکوټ), also known as Zarghun Shar (), Zarghun Shahr (), or Katawaz (), is a town in and administrative seat of Khairkot District, Paktika Province, in eastern Afghanistan. The town is located within the heartland of the Su ...

town. In 1998, the district had an estimated population of over 75,000. However, by June 2004 the post-Taliban government separated off three new districts from the large Khairkot District. The new districts were Janikhel District,

Yahyakhel District Yahyakhel District ( ps, يحيی خېل ولسوالۍ, fa, ولسوالی یحیی‌خیل) is a district of Paktika Province, Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی اف� ...

and

Yusufkhel District Yusufkhel ( ps, يوسف خېل ولسوالۍ, fa, ولسوالی یوسف‌خیل) or Yosuf Khel is a district of Paktika Province, Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی ...

."Paktika provincial profile"
2004, profile compiled by the National Area-Based Development Programme (NABDP) of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) The district population in 2004 of the reduced district was 38,024.

History

On 3 May 2020, the

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threw a

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into a mosque in Khairkot District, injuring 20 worshippers who were offering the night prayer after having broken their

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fast.

References

External links

"Zarghun Shahr District: Zarghun Shahr District: Afghanistan"
map, January 2004, Afghanistan Information Management Service (AIMS); showing the larger district that existed before June 2004. Districts of Paktika Province {{Paktika-geo-stub