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  2. Khost - Wikipedia

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    Between 1856 and 1925, Khost was the site of three rebellions, lasting from 1856 to 1857, 1912, and 1924–1925 respectively. During the Soviet–Afghan War, Khost was the object of a siege that lasted for more than eight years.

  3. Khost Province - Wikipedia

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    Khost is also home to numerous universities, including Shaikh Zayed University, which is the only university in Afghanistan with a faculty in computer science. [ 8 ] As of 2021, it was estimated that the population of the province stood at 647,730 , which makes it the 16th most populated province in Afghanistan.

  4. Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes (2024–present) - Wikipedia

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    The conflict erupted at the Kurram district bordering Khost province of Afghanistan. The skirmish reportedly broke out when Taliban forces attempted to construct a security outpost on the Afghan side of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border barrier , prompting Pakistani troops to open fire to force the other side to stop the activity.

  5. Camp Chapman attack - Wikipedia

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    On December 30, 2009, Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi was picked up by Arghawan, an Afghan who was the chief of external security at Camp Chapman, at the border between Miranshah, Pakistan, and Khost, Afghanistan. [5]: 166–7 Arghawan drove al-Balawi to Camp Chapman, arriving around 4:30 p.m. [6]

  6. Siege of Khost - Wikipedia

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    During the nine-year Soviet–Afghan War in the 1980s and the subsequent Afghan civil war, the town of Khost was besieged for more than eleven years. Its airstrip's 3 km runway served as a base for helicopter operations by Soviet forces.

  7. Forward Operating Base Chapman - Wikipedia

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    Forward Operating Base Chapman, also known as Camp Chapman, was a United States Armed Forces Forward Operating Base located at the site of a former Afghan Army installation and was situated in Khost province, Afghanistan, on an airstrip 2 miles east of Khost.

  8. An Afghan police officer looks at a guard post that was damaged in an attack in Khost, Afghanistan, in 2009. (Nishanuddin Khan/AP Photo) (AP) Then, in 2013, Brennan was named CIA director.

  9. Khost Protection Force - Wikipedia

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    The Khost Protection Force (KPF), formally known as the 25th Division by the (Afghan) Ministry of Defence [2] was an Afghan paramilitary group that has been active in eastern Afghanistan. It is the oldest of a number of highly secretive CIA -backed paramilitaries formed following the United States invasion of Afghanistan , in collaboration with ...