Khost or Khowst is a city in eastern Afghanistan. It is the capital of Khost province, which is a mountainous region near Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan. The population of Khost is about 160,000 people and the whole province has over one million.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 9,000-foot (2,700 m) runway, served as a base for helicopter operations for the Soviet military.Khost is the home of Khost University.Khost is located about 150 kilometers south of Kabul and 100 kilometers from Gardez, in Khost Province in eastern Afghanistan.
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