A local leader of an anti-Taliban militia, from
Sorubi, set up a provisional government in
Nangarhar Province on November 16, 2001, after the
Taliban
The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state (polity), state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalism, Islamic fundamentalist, m ...
retreated.
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The two other leaders in the provisional government were
Hazrati Ali from
Towr Kham and Malawi
Yunis Khalis from the provincial capital,
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 ...
. The provisional government was part of the
Eastern Shura
Regional and tribal Afghan leaders rose up and formed an alliance known as the Eastern Shura to oust the Taliban in Khowst Province and Nangarhar Province, during the War in Afghanistan. Mary Anne Weaver, writing in ''The New York Times'' on the f ...
.
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Afghan politicians
History of Nangarhar Province
Pashtun people
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