Ezatullah (Sorubi, Nangarhar, 2001)

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A local leader of an anti-Taliban militia, from Sorubi, set up a provisional government in Nangarhar Province on November 16, 2001, after the Taliban retreated.[1] The two other leaders in the provisional government were Hazrati Ali from Towr Kham and Malawi Yunis Khalis from the Provincial capital, Jalalabad.

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  1. ^ David Rohde. "A NATION CHALLENGED: AFGHANISTAN REDUX; Warlord Rule Is Re-emerging In Some Towns", New York Times, Friday, November 16, 2001. Retrieved on 2008-02-19. "The third arrived from Sorubi, where Ezatullah, a local commander with only one name, has created his own fief."