Khost is a city in eastern Afghanistan, and the largest city of Loya Paktia. To the east of Khost lie Waziristan and the Kurram Valley in Pakistan.
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Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in South-Central Asia. Afghanistan is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east; Iran in the west; Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan in the north; and in the far northeast, China.

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