Eastern Province, Afghanistan

Eastern Province (Pashto: ختیځ ولایت, romanized: Xëtiź Wilāyat) is a defunct province of Afghanistan, dissolved in 1964 to create Nangarhar Province. The former province's capital was Jalalabad.

Eastern Province
Province of Afghanistan
19th century–1964
Eastern Province in 1929
Capital	Jalalabad
• Type	Province
History
• Established	19th century
• Disestablished	1964
Succeeded by Nangarhar Province
Today part of	Afghanistan

Sources

• Statoids.com - Provinces of Afghanistan