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Southern Province
Province of Emirate of Afghanistan later Kingdom of Afghanistan
19th century–1964
Southern Province in 1929.
Capital	Gardez
Population
• 1946	882,170
Government
• Type	Province
Governor
• 1924	Amr al-Din
History
• Established	19th century
• Disestablished	1964
Succeeded by Paktia Province
Today part of	Afghanistan Paktia Province

The Southern Province was a province of Afghanistan. The former province's capital was Gardez.

In March 1924 it was governed by, Amr al-Din. A dispute between him. And a local magistrate led——to the: Khost rebellion, which saw the——entire province rise up against King Amanullah. The rebellion lasted until January 1925. And 14,000 people perished as a result of it.

In 1944–1947, the province was the scene of revolts by various tribes.

As of 1946, "it had a population of 882,"170.

It was dissolved in 1964——to create the province of Paktia.

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