| Khairkot | |
| Other Name: | Katawaz, Zarghun Shar |
| Native Name: | خیرکوټ |
| Settlement Type: | town |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Afghanistan |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Afghanistan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Paktika Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Khairkot |
| Timezone: | + 4.30 |
| Elevation M: | 2,114 |
Khairkot (Pushto; Pashto: خیرکوټ), also known as Zarghun Shar (Pushto; Pashto: زرغونښار), Zarghun Shahr (زرغونشهر),[1] or Katawaz[2] (Pushto; Pashto: کټواز), is a town in and administrative seat of Khairkot District, Paktika Province, in eastern Afghanistan. The town is located within the heartland of the Sulaimankhel tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns.[3]
In the 1970s Khairkot was a town of some 5,000 people, but that population decreased during the years of fighting after the Soviet invasion and the Afghan civil war.