Jalalabad in a sentence

Part of the Jalalabad Shura was bribed with millions of dollars by the Taliban's foreign sponsors, especially Saudi Arabia, to vacate their positions. citation The Taliban's battle for Jalalabad was directed by Pakistani military advisers.

The Taliban moved against Jalalabad, under the control of the Pashtun Jalalabad Shura, to the east of Kabul.

JALALABAD, Afghanistan — Afghan religious scholars Saturday criticized a ban on female education, as a key Taliban minister warned clerics not to rebel against the government on the controversial issue.

In May, floods in Faryab and Ghor provinces caused about 80 deaths while heavy rainfall in July led to 40 fatalities in the eastern regions, particularly around Jalalabad.

Kabul/New Delhi, Dec 24 (UNI) Unknown gunmen attacked employees of the Indian Consulate in Jalalabad city in Afghanistan today resulting in one person getting killed, while two others sustained injuries in the attack.

JALALABAD (Agencies): An agreement earlier this year to resolve a longstanding community dispute over Nangarhar water resources has continued to foster social cohesion among formerly warring tribes.

The Afghan National Directorate of Security said Assadullah Orakzai — who was suspected of involvement in numerous deadly attacks against Afghan military and civilian targets — was killed in an operation near the eastern city of Jalalabad.

The attack at the prison in Jalalabad City was claimed by the Islamic State.

The statement said he was killed near Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province.

At around midnight, an Afghan Special Forces unit launched an operation in Jalalabad Citys Fourth Police District, killing four brothers from a single family.

This month the Afghan intelligence chief was forced to resign after those forces killed four brothers in a raid in the eastern city of Jalalabad.

Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor of Nangarhar, confirmed a car bomb was responsible for the blast in the town of Ghazi Aminullah Khan, on the main Torkham-Jalalabad road, and said that dozens were wounded.

But Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in a tweet Wednesday that the militant group was not responsible for the Jalalabad attack.

In May, IS fighters targeted the Afghan state television building in Nangarhar’s provincial capital, Jalalabad, killing six people.

JALALABAD, Afghanistan: Unidentified gunmen beheaded three men and torched a boys’ school in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan late on Saturday, in an attack officials blamed on Islamic State militants.

Jalalabad: At least three people were killed and five others injured after terrorists stormed inside a midwife training centre on Saturday.

The last major attack in Jalalabad was on December 31 when an explosion at a funeral killed 18 mourners and wounded another 13. There was no claim of responsibility.

They struck in Save The Children’s offices in Jalalabad.

About 15 kilometers from Jalalabad, a new city called Ghazi Amanullah Khan Town is under development.

Almost immediately after the Soviet withdrawal, the Battle of Jalalabad broke out between Afghan government forces and the mujahideen.