Eastern Province () is a defunct province of
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
, dissolved in 1964 to create
Nangarhar Province. The former province's capital was
Jalalabad
Jalalabad (; Dari/ ps, جلالآباد, ) is the fifth-largest city of Afghanistan. It has a population of about 356,274, and serves as the capital of Nangarhar Province in the eastern part of the country, about from the capital Kabul. Jala ...
.
Sources
Statoids.com - Provinces of Afghanistan
History of Nangarhar Province
Former provinces of Afghanistan
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