Eastern Province, Afghanistan

Eastern Province (Pashto: ختیځ ولایت, romanized: Xëtiź Wilāyat) is a defunct province of Afghanistan, dissolved in 1964 to create Nangarhar Province. The former province's capital was Jalalabad.

Eastern Province
Province of Afghanistan
19th century–1964

Eastern Province in 1929
CapitalJalalabad
History
  TypeProvince
History 
 Established
19th century
 Disestablished
1964
Succeeded by
Nangarhar Province
Today part ofAfghanistan

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