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 (Pashto: زرغون ښار), or Zarghun Shahr (Persian: زرغونشهر),Katawaz (Pashto: کټواز), or Khayr Kot (Pashto: خير کوټ), 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.
Coordinates: 32°50′50″N 68°26′45″E / 32.84722°N 68.44583°E