Jalalabad

/ (dʒəˈlæləbæd) /

noun

a city in NE Afghanistan, capital of Nangarhar province; a trading, military, and tourist centre on the main route between Kabul and the Khyber Pass. Pop: 96 000 (2004 est)

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Most of the time, the three-hour, serpentine drive to Jalalabad is gorgeous and calm, though attacks can happen.

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He was badly wounded in the 1988 battle for Jalalabad, with injuries to his jaw and right leg, she said.

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He married an Afghan women, and his new in-laws demanded he move with them to their native Jalalabad.

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At the current time jalalabad's most warm with a peacefull city .

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After eight days on the death march, the last 50 survivors made their final stand at the village of Gandamak, near Jalalabad.

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From there he went northward to Jahanabad, and north-west (not south-west) to Jalalabad.

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Two or three miles below Jalalabad it is joined by the Kunar, the river of Chitral.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6 |Various

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Jalalabad

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