Proper noun
A province of Afghanistan.
The capital city of Khost Province, Afghanistan.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgAbdullah's campaign manager in Khost, Dr Mohammad Ibrahim Mushfiq, says they needed very little money and it came from their own pockets. Source: Internet
Gunmen killed eight people in the eastern province of Khost, the spokesman for the provincial police chief said. Source: Internet
By the beginning of 1991, the government controlled only 10 percent of Afghanistan, the eleven-year Siege of Khost had ended in a mujahideen victory and the morale of the Afghan military finally collapsed. Source: Internet
Livestock is pictured in Khost, the province where a US citizen was kidnapped. Source: Internet
Not as many forces were available for the east as commanders had wanted, so in regions such as Khost and Jalalabad, the pace of operations was constrained. Source: Internet
On August 20, 1998, 66 cruise missiles launched by United States Navy ships in the Arabian Sea struck bin Laden's training camps near Khost in Afghanistan, narrowly missing him by a few hours. Source: Internet