Official Name: | Yaqubi |
Pushpin Map: | Afghanistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Afghanistan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Afghanistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Khost Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Sabari & Yaqubi District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 33.4608°N 69.99°W |
Elevation M: | 1113 |
Yaqubi[1] is the center of Sabari District in Khost Province, Afghanistan. It is located on 33.4608°N 69.99°W at 1,113 m altitude in the southeastern part of the district.
Yaqubi was the birthplace and home of Dilawar, an Afghan farmer and taxi driver who was tortured to death in 2002 by US Army soldiers at the Bagram Collection Point, a US military detention center in Afghanistan.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]