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
 • TypeProvince
History 
• Established
19th century
• Disestablished
1964
Succeeded by
Nangarhar Province
Today part ofAfghanistan

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