The Khost Airfield is situated 2 miles southeast of the town of Khost

Khost

Khost or Khowst is a city in eastern Afghanistan. It is the capital of Khost province, which is a mountainous region near Afghanistan's border with Pakistan...

, Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

 and 9 miles northeast of the Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 border in a valley surrounded by high terrains from West and East.

Accidents

As of 2008, there have been three major reported accidents - all of them during the Soviet occupation and because of attacks from the ground with Antonov An-26

Antonov An-26

The Antonov An-26 is a twin-engined turboprop military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the USSR from 12 March 1968.-Development:...

aircraft.http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=KHT 7 CIA agents were killed in a suicide attack at the base on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009. The bomber wore a suicide vest and blew himself up in the base's gym killing the base commander, CIA agents, and civilian contractors.