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Khost or Khowst (Pashto/Persian: خوست) is a city in eastern Afghanistan. The capital of Khost Province is Matoon. Khost is a mountainous region near Pakistan's border with neighboring North Waziristan in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Bannu in Pakistan. The population of Khost City is about 160,000 people and the whole province has around a million. There are various tribes living in Khost. Some of the main tribes are Zadran, Mangal, Zazi, Tani, Gurbaz, Muqbal, and Sabari. The city of Khost has a population of 106,083 (in 2015). 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015/ )〕 it has 6 districts and a total land area of 7,139 Hectares. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015_volume2/ )〕 The total number of dwellings in this city are 11,787 .〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015_volume2/ )〕 During the nine-year Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 1980s, the town was besieged from July 1983 to November 1987. Khost Airfield, with its runway, served as a base for helicopter operations for the Soviet military. American forces have used the Khost Airfield since as early as at least January 2007 during the War in Afghanistan (2001–present) that commenced in October 2001. Khost is the home of Khost University. The inhabitants of area are Pashto-speaking ethnic Pashtuns. Khost Mosque serves as the main mosque in the city. ==Geography== Khost is located about 150 kilometres south of Kabul and 100 kilometres southeast of Gardez, in Khost Province in eastern Afghanistan. The town of Khost is located on a plateau of minimally altitude that extends to the East for about until the Bannu Pakistan border. 30 km to the North the peaks start up to right next to the frontier, while to the South, near the border, the average is around 1,800 m. The valley of Khost is closed to the west with a long mountain chain with peaks that go over . Through this runs for about the road to Gardez, which is considered extremely dangerous due to the risk of ambush. So Taliban invaded Khost in 1995. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Khost」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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