Khost province is located in the southeast of Afghanistan and is located at 69 degree, 39 minutes and 58 seconds longitude and in the north latitude at 33 degree, 5 minutes and 24 seconds.
In the north and east it borders with Paktia province, while in south it borders with Paktika province and on the other side of the Duran Line the North Waziristan and Kurma Agency where Saidgi and Wazir tribes live.
According amid Dictionary, literally Khost means island and based on the folklore sayings the water stream from Mangal, Zadran and Tani would accumulate in Khost and there was no route to flow.
Khost was one of the biggest district of Paktia province while the current districts were sub districts and during Dr. Najibullah regime Khost district was promoted to a province. The province has three administrative units Shamal, Maton, Laknu, and twelve districts including Sapiri, Dwa Manda, Nader Shah Kot, Ismail Khail, Mandozai, Tani, Garbaz, Alisher,

Khost province is located in the southeast of Afghanistan and is located at 69 degree, 39 minutes and 58 seconds longitude and in the north latitude at 33 degree, 5 minutes and 24 seconds.
In the north and east it borders with Paktia province, while in south it borders with Paktika province and on the other side of the Duran Line the North Waziristan and Kurma Agency where Saidgi and Wazir tribes live.
According amid Dictionary, literally Khost means island and based on the folklore sayings the water stream from Mangal, Zadran and Tani would accumulate in Khost and there was no route to flow.
Khost was one of the biggest district of Paktia province while the current districts were sub districts and during Dr. Najibullah regime Khost district was promoted to a province. The province has three administrative units Shamal, Maton, Laknu, and twelve districts including Sapiri, Dwa Manda, Nader Shah Kot, Ismail Khail, Mandozai, Tani, Garbaz, Alisher, Sabari, Baak, Zazai Maidan, Musa Khail and Qalandar.
12 small and big Pashtun tribes live in Khost province including Mangal, Zadran, Tani, Sabari, Gurbaz, Maton, Lakan, Alisher, Tarizi, Babakarkhil, Ghelji, Ismailkhil, Mandozi and Zazai.

History:
In September 2011, work on the construction of Khost International Airport began. It is estimated the airport will cost $2.5 million. The funds for the project are being provided by the Afghan government. The airport will be located in a desert.

Khost Local Authorities
The province of Khost has 12 administrative units “Districts” where three areas named Matoon, Lakan and Shamal were also considered as administrative units.
Geoeraphy:
Khost is located about 150 kilometers south of Kabul, in Khost Province in eastern Afghanistan. The city lies on a plateau of minimally 1,000 meters (3,300 ft.) altitude that extends to the East for about 40 kilometers (25 mi) until the Pakistan border. 30 km to the North the peaks start up to 2,500 to 3,000 meters (8,200 to 9,800 ft.) right next to the frontier, while 20 kilometers (12 mi) 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 3,000 meters (9,800 ft.). Through this runs for about 90 kilometers (56 mi) the road to Gardez, which is considered extremely dangerous due to the risk of  ambush. So Taliban invaded Khost in 1995.
Khost agro livestock nood to be developed on modern lines:
KHOST (PAN): Almost 80% economy of the residents of southeastern Khost Province depends on agriculture and livestock, officials said.
On path of achieving tangible progress, the business and agriculture sectors need more attention to be developed on modern lines.
Industry:
Industry could not flourish in Paktia, however, handcraft industry is active at homes and villages where locals prepare attractive pieces of local designing, making of clay pots, weaving carpets and other pieces of special clothes
Agriculture:
As Khost province is located in the mountainous area, but still it has good farming land. The mountains of Khost has fuel timber trees and also fruit producing trees, such as Pine fruits, olive, walnuts and others.  These trees are wild and no one care about them.  In addition maize, wheat, peanuts and vegetable are also grown in the province.

Dams:
The Machlogho Dam is located 40 kilometers to the south of the provincial capital Gardiz in Ahmadabad districts. The dam has the capacity to irrigate 1, 800 hectares land and produce 800 megawatts electricity. The government has been striving to construct the dam but the construction project is yet to be started

Education:
There are 291 schools in Khost province in which 143 are primary, 61 secondary and 87 high schools. In total 209542 students are enrolled at schools in which 75432 are female and 5511 teachers deliver the teaching services in the province.

Pedagogy:
The Khost Pedagogy has 1060 students with 20 percent female students and the teaching is carried out by 42 lecturers.
Private high schools.
There are 13 private high schools in Khost province; in which 5799 students are enrolled among the number 289 are girls.
Religious seminaries:
There are 21 religious seminaries in Khost province where 3400 students are enrolled and
Receive education from 114 teachers. Only 13 of the 21 seminaries are registered with the

Government Universities:
Khost University known as Shaikh Zaid University was established in 2002. The university has ten departments (medicine, Agriculture engineering, Political science, economy, education, journalism, literature, sharia law and computer science).
In 2012 the university had 5700 students with 160 teachers. Since the establishment the university graduated 1915 students, 60 lecturers of the university had done MA and PHD in abroad countries.
Sport:
Cricket is growing in popularity in Khost, with the sport being introduced by newly returned refugees from Pakistan. Afghanistan batsman Noor Ali was born in Khost. Nawroz Mangal, the former captain of Afghanistan Cricket Team hails from Khost province  Dawlat Zadran, the Afghan Cricket fast bowler who grabbed two crucial wickets against Pakistan (in 1st International One Day against Full Member), is also from Khost. Apart from Cricket, Volleyball and Football are also popular in Khost

Culture:
The organized cultural activities began in Khost province in 1997 with the establishment of the independent literal society which led to the emergence of poets, culturists and writers, then other literal centers were established in lakan area named Muhammad Sediq Ruhi and Abdul Bari Jahani in Alisher district.
Currently there are 15 cultural societies in Khost province and each one is active in various gathering, poetry and publishing books.
A poetry has began  in Khost province for last four years, the poetry named Chinar (sycamore) in which poets from various provinces and cross borders poets attend it in Khost city.
Recently the culture of reading increased; therefore some libraries have been established in the province. In addition to Department of information and culture and Shaikh Zaid universities, some other cultural societies were able to establish some libraries. In addition there are 12 bookstores in Khost city in which many books and magazines are sold.
The department of information and culture of Khost province also has a museum in which artifacts which are rare, currently about 300 items are in the museum.
There are 14 calligraphy and fine arts courses in which many youths are being trained, the

Potential Development Themes:
Animal husbandry, pasture improvement, horticultural project (nursery improvement), value adding (product processing), post-harvest technology and irrigation system improvement are some potential areas for development

 

 


 
 
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