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 | |||||||
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Province of Afghanistan | |||||||
19th century–1964 | |||||||
![]() Eastern Province in 1929 | |||||||
Capital | Jalalabad | ||||||
• Type | Province | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 19th century | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1964 | ||||||
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Today part of | Afghanistan |
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