Khost wa Fereng District

Khost wa Fereng or Khost wa Firing (Persian: خوست و فرنگ) is the easternmost district of Baghlan province, Afghanistan in the Hindu Kush mountains.

District profile:[3] Most of the people of Khost wa Firing speak Dari Persian.

Afghan Encyclopedia added: that Mirza Abdul Qadir Bedul originally belongs to this district, upon certain issues he left to India and became the royal poet of Awrangzib king of subcontenant, due to that two daughter of Awrangzib had married in the district, when he was sending any gift to Khurasan, making particular the khost district due to that reason of his daughters.

According to Islamic books the Imam Mehdi rises from Taliqan which is near to Khost wa Firing and his flowers are called by the name of Khosti which is the name of their original place.

Therefore, Islamic forecasts say that people of Khost wa Firing which are called Khosti are the first followers and soldiers of Imam Mehdi.