Jalalabad

British

/ dʒəˈlæləbæd /

noun

a city in NE Afghanistan, capital of Nangarhar province; a trading, military, and tourist centre on the main route between Kabul and the Khyber Pass. Pop: 96 000 (2004 est)

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Shah Fahad Amjad, 22, who attends medical school in the provincial capital Jalalabad, called on "both countries to open the road" and let students visit their families.

From Barron's

Survivors have been brought to a hospital in Jalalabad, which was being overwhelmed with hundreds of patients a day even before the disaster.

From BBC

Jalalabad's main hospital was already overwhelmed, being right at the centre of the crossing point for the tens of thousand Afghans being deported from bordering Pakistan.

From BBC

Jalalabad's main hospital - the biggest medical facility close to the epicentre - is already overwhelmed, being right at the centre of the crossing point for the tens of thousand of Afghans being deported from neigbouring Pakistan.

From BBC

The Kremlin had finally agreed to let a group of Western journalists visit Kabul and Jalalabad to witness the “cease-fire” that had been announced a few days before we arrived.

From Los Angeles Times

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