Khairkot

Khairkot (Pashto: خیرکوټ), also known as Zarghun Shar (زرغون‌ښار), Zarghun Shahr (زرغون‌شهر),^[1] or Katawaz^[2] (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.^[3]

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

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