Eastern Province, Afghanistan

Eastern Province (Pashto: ختیځ ولایت, romanizedXëtiź Wilāyat) is a defunct province of the Emirate of Afghanistan later Kingdom 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
 • TypeProvince
History 
• Established
19th century
• Disestablished
1964
Succeeded by
Nangarhar Province
Today part ofAfghanistan

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