Khost

KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Poor placement and management of wells and dams over several years by nongovernmental organizations and military reconstruction teams throughout Khost province have drained water tables, drying out land cultivated by thousands of farmers in the mountains.

Stars and Stripes 2009

NATO said the alliance killed "several insurgents" in Khost on Monday during an Afghan and allied operation involving air support deployed during a search for an operative of the Haqqani group, an Afghan Taliban group based in Pakistan.

Bomb kills 2 U.S. service members in Afghanistan 2010

Shahzada Hassan, the provincial election chief in Khost province, was detained by authorities on Monday.

Afghan Election Official Arrested 2010

When brought to the CIA base in Khost last Dec. 30 by Jordanian intelligence officers to meet CIA officials, he detonated a suicide bomb.

CIA Faults Lax Security for Afghan Base Attack 2010

The newspaper report says Hassan instead claimed he was staying at a police guesthouse in Khost for security reasons.

Afghan Election Official Arrested 2010

NATO said an explosive ordnance disposal team went to the school in Khost and found 25 to 30 pounds (11 to 14 kilograms) of explosive material in the stairwell.

Bomb kills 2 U.S. service members in Afghanistan 2010

By all reports, the bombardment of North Waziristan, and to a lesser extent South Waziristan, has become fast and furious since a combined Taliban and Qaeda suicide attack on a C.I.A. base in Khost, in southern Afghanistan, in late December.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Predator Drone Warfare — Assorted Links 2010

Seven agency employees were killed by a suicide bomber who had convinced CIA officials to invite him to a forward operating base in Khost with the promise that he had long-sought information on the whereabouts of al-Qaeda leaders in Pakistan.

Couple bike across U.S. to honor Khost bombing victims Greg Miller 2010

But an Afghan official in Khost said the U.S. has hired about 200 Afghans to help with security at the base.

AP: Taliban suicide bomber invited on base 2009

When brought to the CIA base in Khost last Dec. 30 by Jordanian intelligence officers to meet CIA officials, he detonated a suicide bomb.

CIA Faults Lax Security for Afghan Base Attack 2010