Sorubi is a community in the southern corner of
Rodat District,
Nangarhar Province,
Afghanistan
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The ''
New York Times
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'' reports that one of the leaders 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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a provisional government set up in
Nangarhar Province on November 16, 2001, after the
Taliban
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retreated, was the leader of an anti-Taliban militia, from Sorubi, named
Ezatullah.
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See also
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Nangarhar Province
References
Populated places in Nangarhar Province
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