Nangarhar Province

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Nangarhar Province is an eastern Afghan province bordering Pakistan, known for its mountainous terrain, strategic border crossings, and role as a key battleground in the post-2001 conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
province
borders Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistan
capital Jalalabad, Afghanistan
surface form: Jalalabad
containsCity Behsud
Jalalabad, Afghanistan
surface form: Jalalabad

Surkh Rod
country Afghanistan
ethnicGroup Pashai
Pashtuns
hasBorderCrossing Gorki (Ghulam Khan–adjacent region clarification may vary)
Torkham
hasDistrict Achin District
Bati Kot District
Chaparhar District
Deh Bala District
Dur Baba District
Hesarak District
surface form: Goshta District

Hesarak District
Jalalabad District
Kama District
Khogyani District
Kuz Kunar District
Lal Pur District
Mohmand Dara District
Nazyan District
Pachir Aw Agam District
Rodat District
Hesarak District
surface form: Sherzad District

Shinwar District
Khogyani District
surface form: Surkh Rod District
hasMountainRange Spin Ghar
hasStrategicImportance military logistics corridor
trade route between Afghanistan and Pakistan
hasTerrain mountainous
valleys
knownFor agriculture
citrus orchards
opium poppy cultivation
pomegranate production
strategic border crossings with Pakistan
language Dari
Pashai
Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
locatedIn eastern Afghanistan
locatedOn Afghanistan–Pakistan border
surface form: Durand Line
partOf Nangarhar Province self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nangarhar Region
religionMajority Sunni Islam
timezone UTC+4:30
traversedByRiver Kabul River
Kunar River
wasBattlegroundIn operations against ISIS-K
operations against Taliban
post-2001 Afghan conflict
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
surface form: war in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

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Battle of Tora Bora location Nangarhar Province
Eastern Afghanistan hasProvince Nangarhar Province
Torkham borderWith Nangarhar Province
Safed Koh separates Nangarhar Province
this entity surface form: Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan
Afghanistan–Pakistan border adjacentTo Nangarhar Province
Khyber District borderWith Nangarhar Province
Jalalabad, Afghanistan locatedIn Nangarhar Province
subject surface form: Jalalabad
Jalalabad, Afghanistan isCapitalOf Nangarhar Province
subject surface form: Jalalabad
Nangarhar Province partOf Nangarhar Province self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nangarhar Region
Tora Bora locatedIn Nangarhar Province
ANA notableTheater Nangarhar Province
subject surface form: Afghan National Army
Karlani hasRegion Nangarhar Province
Mohmand Agency sharesBorderWith Nangarhar Province
Pashayi languages region Nangarhar Province
Kurram Agency bordersProvince Nangarhar Province
Kunar Province hasBorderingProvince Nangarhar Province
Laghman Province borders Nangarhar Province
Peshawar–Jalalabad road regionServed Nangarhar Province
Logar Province borders Nangarhar Province
Mount Sikaram locatedNear Nangarhar Province
Mount Sikaram separates Nangarhar Province
this entity surface form: Nangarhar region
White Mountains separates Nangarhar Province
this entity surface form: Nangarhar Province in Afghanistan from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan
White Mountains locatedInProvince Nangarhar Province
Spin Ghar range locatedInProvince Nangarhar Province
Pashai region Nangarhar Province
Darra-e-Nur Dam locatedIn Nangarhar Province
Paktia Province borders Nangarhar Province
Hadda regionNow Nangarhar Province
Khost Province borderProvince Nangarhar Province
Kurram District sharesBorderWithProvince Nangarhar Province