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