Khost

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airport city

Khost is a city in eastern Afghanistan known as a regional commercial and administrative center near the Pakistan border.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Khost canonical 4
Khost District 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airport ⓘ
city ⓘ
administrativeLevel provincial capital city ⓘ
administrativeRole seat of provincial government ⓘ
airportServes Khost Airport ⓘ
airportType Khost Airport ⓘ
borderProximity Afghanistan–Pakistan border ⓘ
surface form: Durand Line
borderTradeWith Waziristan ⓘ
surface form: Pakistan tribal areas
climateClassification semi-arid climate ⓘ
connectedByRoadTo Gardez ⓘ
Paktia Province ⓘ
Paktika Province ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
countrySubdivision Khost Province ⓘ
economicActivity agricultural trade ⓘ
cross-border commerce ⓘ
governingCountry Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
governingCountryCapital Kabul ⓘ
hasAirport Khost Airport ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitutionType schools ⓘ
university ⓘ
hasFunction provincial capital ⓘ
trade hub ⓘ
hasMarket regional bazaar ⓘ
hasSecurityPresence Afghan National Defense and Security Forces ⓘ
surface form: Afghan security forces

Taliban ⓘ
surface form: Taliban forces
historicalRegion Loya Paktia ⓘ
isCapitalOf Khost Province ⓘ
languageSpoken Dari ⓘ
Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Pashto
locatedIn Khost Province ⓘ
locatedInRegion eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Pashtuns ⓘ
nearBorderWith Pakistan ⓘ
nearCityInPakistan Parachinar ⓘ
nearMountainRange Sulaiman Mountains ⓘ
populationCharacteristic predominantly rural surroundings ⓘ
previousGoverningCountry Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (post-2001, former) ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
region southeastern Afghanistan ⓘ
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
role regional administrative center ⓘ
regional commercial center ⓘ
securityContext affected by Afghan conflict ⓘ
timeZone Afghanistan Time ⓘ
transportInfrastructure domestic airport ⓘ
regional roads ⓘ
utcOffset +4:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Afghanistan → hasMajorCity → Khost ⓘ
Pashtunistan → keyCity → Khost ⓘ
Khost Province → capital → Khost ⓘ
Khost Province → largestCity → Khost ⓘ
Khost Province → hasDistrict → Khost ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khost District