Khost Province

Khost
Province
The Khost Mosque in Khost, the capital of Khost Province.
Map of Afghanistan with Khost highlighted
Coordinates (Capital): 33°24′N 69°54′E / 33.4°N 69.9°E / 33.4; 69.9
Country	Afghanistan
Established	1986[1] (de facto)
Capital	Khost
Districts	13
Government
• Governor	Mohammad Nabi Omari[2]
• Deputy Governor	Mohammad Din Shah Mohabat[3]
• Police Chief	Maulvi Mehboob Shah Qanat[4]
Area
• Total	4,151.5 km2 (1,602.9 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[5]
• Total	647,730
• Rank	16th
• Density	160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Time)
Area code	AF-KHO
Main languages	Pashto
HDI (2019)	0.506[6] low · 3rd

Khost (Pashto: خوست) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the east of the country. Khost province used to be part of Paktia Province in the past. Its capital is Khost.

The current Governor of the Province is Abdul Jabbar Naeemi.^[7]

There are 638,849 living in the Province. They are mostly Pashtun.

1. ↑ "The Ghost of Khost: What History Might Tell Us about the Future of Afghanistan > Air University (AU) > Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs Article Display". www.airuniversity.af.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
2. ↑ "Taliban appoints former Guantanamo Bay detainee released under Obama to leadership post in Afghanistan". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
3. ↑ "له پاکستانه د خوراکي توکو او درملو مرسته خوست ته ورسېده". مشال راډيو.
4. ↑ "خوست کې د بېلابېلو جرمونو په تور ۲۴ کسان نيول شوي". December 6, 2021. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
5. ↑ "Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2021-22" (PDF). nsia.gov.af. National Statistic and Information Authority (NSIA). April 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
6. ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Global Data Lab". globaldatalab.org.
7. ↑ Naval Postgraduate school Khost Province Executive summary