Province of Afghanistan

Nangarhar is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan in the east of the country. Its capital is the city of Jalalabad. The population of the province is 1, 334, 000, which consists mainly of ethnic 
Pashtuns with a sizable community of Arabs and Pashais.

Geopolitical and military situation;

Nangarhar shares a border with Pakistan, and the two regions share very close ties, with large amounts of migration in both directions. Most of the province still uses Pakistani currency rather than Afghan money for commercial transactions. The current Governor of the Province, Gul Agha Sherzai is also reported to have very tight relations with the Pakistani secret service, the ISI, which has a presence in the area.[citation needed] The Pakistani government constructed a road from Torkham to Jalalabad to ease traffic and encourage trade.

The United States and the multi-national coalition forces, ISAF, are 


active in the area. The Ghanikhil district 
of Nangarhar was the site of the 2007 Shinwar shootings and the Dih Bala district was the site of the Deh Bala wedding party bombing.

Opium cultivation

The illicit poppy cultivation takes place in Khogiani, Ghanikhil, Chaparhar, and other remote districts. The farmers cite the lack of water and also poverty as the reasons for poppy cultivation. Poppy was also cultivated in Goshta District, Lalpura which borders Pakistan; but now the people just cultivate wheat and other legal crops.

District	Population
Achin	95,468
Bati Kot	71,308
Bihsud	118,934
Chaparhar	57,339
Dara-I-Nur	28,202
Dih Bala	33,294
Dur Baba	13,479
Goshta	31,130
Hisarak	28,376
Jalalabad	205,423
Kama	52,527
Khogyani	111,479
Kot	52,154
Kuz Kunar	42,823
Lal Pur	18,997
Momand Dara	42,103
Nazyan	16,328
Pachir Wa Agam	40,141
Rodat	63,357
Sherzad	63,232
Shinwar	64,872
Surkh Rod	91,548

                       

Capital;

Jalalabad

Area;

7,727 km² (2,983 sq mi)

Population;

1,334,000 (2009)

Main Language;
Pashto