Khandkhel () or Khand Khil is a town in the Said Karam District of

Paktia Province Paktia (Pashto – ''Paktyā'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the east of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktia Province is divided into 15 districts and has a population of roughly 623,00 ...

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. It is located 25 km to the northeast of

Gardez Gardez ( / ; ''Gardēz'', meaning "mountain fortress" in Middle Persian) is the capital of the Paktia Province of Afghanistan. The population of the city was estimated to be ca. 10,000 in the 1979 census and was estimated to be 70,000 in 2008. Th ...

, the capital of Paktia, and is 40 km to the southwest of

Aryob Aryob () or Aryub is the main town of Zazi District in the Paktia Province of Afghanistan where the Zazi tribe of Pakhtuns live.

Climate

Khandkhel features a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...

(''Dfb'') under the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

. It has warm summers and cold, snowy winters. The average temperature in Khandkhel is , while the annual precipitation averages . October is the driest month with of rainfall, while April, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of . July is the warmest month of the year with an average temperature of . The coldest month January has an average temperature of .

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Populated places in Paktia Province {{Paktia-geo-stub

Climate

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