Surobi, Nangarhar

Sorubi is a community in the southern corner of Rodat District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.[1]

The New York Times reports that one of the leaders of the Eastern Shura, a provisional government set up in Nangarhar Province on November 16, 2001, after the Taliban retreated, was the leader of an anti-Taliban militia, from Sorubi, named Ezatullah.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Rodat District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan" (PDF). Government of Afghanistan. January 2004. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
  2. ↑ David Rohde (November 16, 2001). "A NATION CHALLENGED: AFGHANISTAN REDUX; Warlord Rule Is Re-emerging In Some Towns". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-02-19. The third arrived from Sorubi, where Ezatullah, a local commander with only one name, has created his own fief.


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