Khairkot
Zarghun Shar
زرغون ښار Katawaz, Khayr Kot, | |
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| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Paktika Province |
| District | Zarghun Shar |
| Time zone | + 4.30 |
Zarghun Shar (Template:Lang-ps), or Zarghun Shahr (Template:Lang-fa),[1] Katawaz[2] (Template:Lang-ps), or Khayr Kot[3] (Template:Lang-ps), is a town in and administrative seat of Zarghun Shar District, Paktika Province, in eastern Afghanistan.
In the 1970s Zarghun Shar 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.
Notes
- ^ Zarghūn Shahr (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Katāwāz (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Khayṟ Kot (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
32°50′50″N 68°26′45″E / 32.84722°N 68.44583°E
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