Yakubi

Yaqubi
Yaqubi
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 33°27′39″N 69°59′24″E / 33.46083°N 69.99000°E / 33.46083; 69.99000
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceKhost Province
DistrictSabari & Yaqubi District
Elevation
3,652 ft (1,113 m)
Time zoneUTC+4:30

Yaqubi is the center of Sabari District in Khost Province, Afghanistan. It is located on 33°27′39″N 69°59′24″E / 33.4608°N 69.99°E / 33.4608; 69.99 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.