Historical place archive

Jalalabad in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Jalalabad in Afghanistan. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels2 people1919–1989

Historical events in Jalalabad

1919

21 February 1919
Proclamation as Amir
Nasrullah Khan · Government of Afghanistan

Nasrullah Khan is proclaimed amir after Habibullah's assassination.

1989

1989
Battle of Jalalabad
Mohammed Omar Mujahid · Taliban

Omar is wounded four times, and loses an eye either in 1986 or in the 1989 Battle of Jalalabad, which also marred his cheek and forehead

Provenance

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