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Jalālābād (
Pashto/
Persian:
جلال اباد) is a city in eastern
Afghanistan. Located at the junction of the
Kabul and
Kunar rivers near the
Laghman valley, Jalalabad is the capital of
Nangarhar province. It is linked by approximately of highway with
Kabul to the west and about the same distance to
Peshawar in
Pakistan to the east. Its population is largely
Pashtun and
Sunni Muslim.
Jalalabad is the largest city of east Afghanistan as well as its social and business center. Major industries include papermaking as well agricultural products including oranges, rice, and sugarcane. The city was a major center of Greco-Buddhist culture in the past until it was conquered by Muslim Turks by the 10th century. The modern city gained prominence during the reign of the
Mughal emperor
Babur. Invaded on numerous occassions, the city fell to the British in 1842 during the
First Anglo-Afghan War. Today the city is being rebuilt under
NATO and
UN direction after decades of war and has been receiving an influx of returning refugees largely from Pakistan.
History
The original name of Jalalabad was Adinapur .
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.
Modern Development
There has been proposals for the establishment of Afghanistan's first rail network linking Jalalabad with
Pakistan vast and extensive rail service allowing for increased trade of goods, people and commerce between the two countries. An improvement in the road networks between the Jalalabad leading into
Peshawer,
Pakistan has also been proposed, with the intention of widening the existing road and improving security to attract more tourism and allow for safer passage of goods between to the two countries.
The international community has re-surfaced the road link between Jalalabad and the capital
Kabul reducing the transit time between these two important cities.
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