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Jalalabad is connected by main roads with the Afghan capital of Kabul, the city of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, and several nearby Afghan cities and towns. All trade between Afghanistan and Pakistan passes through this city.
Sep 11, 2024 · It lies on the route from Kabul, the Afghan capital, via the Khyber Pass to Peshawar, Pakistan, and handles much of Afghanistan’s trade with Pakistan and India. The town sits at the entrances of the Laghman and Konar valleys.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Pakistan wished to establish a friendly government in Kabul that would not support Baloch and Pashtun separatists in western Pakistan. [22] The plan was for Jamiat-e Islami to close the Salang Pass , paralyzing the Afghan Government's supply lines.
Jalalabad is located at the junction of the Kabul River and the Kunar River in a plateau to the south of the Hindu Kush mountains. It is linked by the Kabul-Jalalabad Road to the west and Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, to the east through Torkham and the Khyber Pass.
Sep 8, 2011 · Jalalabad, in Afghanistan's mountainous eastern region along the border with Pakistan, is the last place Osama bin Laden was seen before he vanished in 2001.
- Renee Montagne
Jan 28, 2020 · The Torkham border crossing links Jalalabad city, the capital of the eastern Nangrahar province, with Peshawar through Momand Dara district and the Khyber Pass. The Ghulam Khan border crossing connects Gurbaz district of the eastern Khost province to Meranshah city, the capital of North Waziristan.
Aug 15, 2021 · The capture of Jalalabad means the Taliban have secured the roads connecting the country with Pakistan. What's happening in Kabul? Wall Street Journal correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov in...
