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Khost (Pashto/Dari: خوست) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan located in the southeastern part of the country. Khost consists of thirteen districts and the city of Khost serves as the capital of the province. Historically, Khost used to be a part of Paktia and a larger region surrounding Khost is still referred to as Loya Paktia.
In Afghanistan, climate change has led to a temperature increase of 1.8 °C since 1950. This has caused far-reaching impacts on Afghanistan , culminating from overlapping interactions of natural disasters (due to changes in the climate system), conflict , agricultural dependency , and severe socio-economic hardship.
Khōst (Pashto: 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 in Pakistan. Khost is the home of Shaikh Zayed University.
Humanitarian concerns have been raised over Afghanistan being left out of United Nations climate negotiations for a third year in a row, as the country grapples with worsening drought and floods.
Shitak or Shitakzai (Tani or Taniwal) [1] (also: Daragi) is a village and the center of Tani District, Khost Province, Afghanistan.It is located on at 1,303 m altitude In This District Shitak or Shitakzai (Tani or Taniwal) Tribe Reside a Karlani Pashtuns & Their Brother Tribes of Shitakzai is (Bannuchi or Bannuzai who is Currently Reside in Bannu District Khyber Pakhtunkwa Pakistan) Shitakzai ...
Yaqubi [1] is the center of Sabari District in Khost Province, Afghanistan.It is located on at 1,113 m altitude in the southeastern part of the district. Yaqubi was the birthplace and home of Dilawar, an Afghan farmer and taxi driver who was tortured to death in 2002 by US Army soldiers at the Bagram Collection Point, a US military detention center in Afghanistan.
Khost (Matun) District (Pashto: خوست ولسوالۍ) is situated in the central and eastern part of Khost Province, Afghanistan. The district center is the town of Khost . Khost Airfield is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of the town of Khost.
Khost wa Fereng or Khost wa Firing (Persian: خوست و فرنگ) is the easternmost district of Baghlan province, Afghanistan in the Hindu Kush mountains. Its capital is Khost wa Fereng . The population of the district was estimated to be around 60,300 in 2011–2012, [ 2 ] of which ethnic Tajiks made up 90% and Hazaras 10% of the total ...