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Jalalabad (/ dʒ ə ˈ l æ l ə ˌ b æ d /; جلال آباد [d͡ʒä.lɑː.lɑː.bɑːd̪]) is the fifth-largest city of Afghanistan. It has a population of about 356,274, [ 3 ] and serves as the capital of Nangarhar Province in the eastern part of the country, about 130 kilometres (80 mi) from the capital Kabul .
Banda Singh Bahadur was notified that Sikh people were imprisoned and persecuted in the village of Unarsa, and the conditions were distressing for the Hindus, facing cruel treatment and tyranny in the town of Jalalabad, ruled by Jalal Khan Orakzai, a Rohilla Afghan of high renown and military experience. [8]
The Battle of Jalalabad (Pashto: د جلال آباد جګړه, Persian: نبرد جلالآباد) also known as Operation Jalalabad or the Jalalabad War, was a major battle that occurred in the spring of 1989, marking the beginning of the First Afghan Civil War. [16]
Pages in category "History of Jalalabad" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Battle of Nimla (1809)
The Battle of Jalalabad in 1842 was an Afghan siege of the isolated British outpost at Jalalabad, about 90 miles (140 km) east of Kabul during the First Anglo-Afghan War. The siege was lifted after five months when a British counterattack routed the Afghans, driving them back to Kabul.
The 1842 retreat from Kabul was the retreat of the British and East India Company forces from Kabul during the First Anglo-Afghan War. [4] An uprising in Kabul forced the then-commander, Major-General William Elphinstone, to fall back to the British garrison at Jalalabad.
In March 1989, the "Afghan Interim Government" in cooperation with the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) attacked the city of Jalalabad but they were defeated by June in what is now known as the Battle of Jalalabad. Hekmatyar's Hezbi Islami would pull their support for the Afghan Interim Government following the loss in Jalalabad.
The revenues of Jalalabad's province were also raised following Dost Mohammad's subjugation, from 400,000 rupees under Zaman Khan, to 465,000 rupees under Dost Mohamad's rule. [4] Dost Mohammad Khan then dispatched himself toward Kandahar to aid his brothers against Shah Shuja, who was defeated in the Expedition of Shuja ul-Mulk .