Shaikh Zayed University (SZU; Pashto: د شیخ زاید پوهنتون‎), also known as Khost University (Pashto: د خوست پوهنتون‎), is a public university in the city of Khost, southeastern Afghanistan. With its original name "Afghan University Peshawar", it was initially established in 2000 in Peshawar. It was shifted to Khost by special orders of the former Afghan President Hamid Karzai.