For the city in Kyrgyzstan, see Jalal-Abad.

For the city in Azerbaijan, see Jalilabad.

Coordinates: 34°′″N 70°′00″E / 34.433, 70.45

Jalalabad
View of a valley in Jalalabad
Jalalabad
Province	Nangarhar
Coordinates	34°′″N 70°′00″E / 34.433, 70.45
Population (2006)
Area  - Elevation	m ( ft)
Time zone	[[UTC+4:30]] Kabul

Jalālābād (Pashto/Persian: جلال آباد) is a city in eastern Afghanistan. Located at the junction of the Kabul and Kunar rivers, Jalalabad is the capital of Nangarhar province. It is linked by approximately 90 miles of highway with the city of Kabul to the west and about the same distance with Peshawar in Pakistan to the east. The population of Jalalabad is 96,000 people (2002 official estimate).

History

In 630 Xuan Zang, the famous Chinese Buddhist monk, arrived in Jalalabad and considered himself to have reached Hindustan. However, the modern city of Jalalabad was built by Jalal-uddin Mohammad Akbar, the third ruler of Mughal Empire.

Seraj-ul-Emarat, the residence of Amir Habibullah and King Amanullah was destroyed in 1929; the other 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.

The Provincial Reconstruction Team of the International Security Assistance Force at Jalalabad is led by the US.

Trivia

• Jalalabad is featured as a map on the PC game Battlefield 2 as "Road to Jalalabad".

See also

• Afghanistan
• Gul Agha Sherzai
• Provincial Reconstruction Team
• International Security Assistance Force

References and footnotes

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Jalalabad

• Historical Guide To Afghanistan - Jalalabad
• Images of Jalalabad

Twelve largest cities of Afghanistan by population
Kabul  · Kandahar  · Herat  · Mazari Sharif  · Qunduz  · Taluqan  · Puli Khumri  · Jalalabad  · Charikar  · Sheberghan  · Ghazni  · Sari Pul

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