Sorubi

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. http://www.aims.org.af/maps/district/nangarhar/rodat.pdf. 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. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503E4D6143BF935A25752C1A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all. Retrieved 2008-02-19. "The third arrived from Sorubi, where Ezatullah, a local commander with only one name, has created his own fief."