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Khairkot خیرکوټKatawaz, Zarghun Shar
town
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Paktika Province
District	Khairkot
Elevation	2,114 m (6,936 ft)
Time zone	+ 4.30

Khairkot (Pashto: خیرکوټ), also known as Zarghun Shar (زرغون‌ښار), Zarghun Shahr (زرغون‌شهر), or Katawaz (کټواز), is a town in and administrative seat of Khairkot District, Paktika Province, in eastern Afghanistan. The town is located within the heartland of the Sulaimankhel tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns.

In the 1970s Khairkot was a town of some 5,000 people, but that population decreased during the years of fighting after the Soviet invasion and the Afghan civil war.

See also

• Paktika Province

Notes

1. Zarghūn Shahr (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
2. Katāwāz (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
3. Paktika Province Tribal Map (Page 11). Naval Postgraduate School.

v t e Paktika Province
Capital: Sharana
Districts	Barmal Dila Gayan Gomal Janikhel Khairkot Mata Khan Nika Omna Sar Hawza Sharana Surobi Terwa Urgun Wazakhwa Wor Mamay Yahyakhel Yusufkhel Zerok
Populated places	Angur Ada De Mulla Samandar Sahib Kelay Dila Khairkot Nangar Khel Shkin Urgun Wazakhwa Yahya Kheyl Zerok
Other	Governors Barmal District Gomal River Sharana Airstrip

32°50′50″N 68°26′45″E / 32.84722°N 68.44583°E / 32.84722; 68.44583

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