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Khost Mosque

Mosque Afghanistan

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2,000 people
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The Khost Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Khost, is the main mosque of the city of Khost in southeastern Afghanistan and is described as the largest in the city. Its Pashto name is "د خوست لوی جماعت". The mosque can accommodate up to 2,000 worshippers at each prayer. It stands on New Medicine Street in Khost District, and its architectural style is recorded as Islamic architecture. Khost has a number of other, smaller mosques, among them the Yaqoubi Mosque.

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The Great Mosque of Khost (Pashto: د خوست لوی جماعت), or simply the Khost Mosque, is the largest mosque in the city of Khost, in southeastern Afghanistan. It can hold up to 2,000 worshipers during any prayer.

The city of Khost has a number of other smaller mosques, including the Yaqoubi Mosque that was attacked in May 2018, caused by explosives left in the mosque.

Source: Wikipedia, article “Khost Mosque”; quoted unchanged under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Read more on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0

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