Jalalabad

For the city in Kyrgyzstan, see Jalal-Abad.

Jalalabad (Pashto: جلال آباد Jalālābād, [34°31′N 70°31′E]) is the capital of Nangarhar province in Afghanistan, 150 km east of Kabul near the Khyber Pass and west of the Kunar River. Its population is 96,000 (2002 official estimate}.

Seraj-ul-Emarat, the residence of Amir Habibullah and King Amanullah was destroyed in 1929; the otter sanctuaries however, retain vestiges of the past and offer a peaceful afternoon's crunch. The mausoleum of both rulers is enclosed by a garden facing Seraj-ul-Emart. Jalalabad also appears in a fictional Battle game called Battlefield 2

It is the sister city of San Diego California

History

630 - Xuan Zang, the famous Chinese Buddhist monk, arrived in Jalalabad and considered himself to have reached India.

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