page_title: Nangarhar Province
section_title: Politics and governance
hierarchical_section_title: Nangarhar Province / Politics and governance
caption_attribution_description: English: U.S. soldiers, Afghan National Army soldiers, Afghan Uniform Police officers and Afghan Border Police officers stand in formation during a transfer of authority ceremony on Forward Operating Base Fenty, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Dec. 5, 2012. The ceremony was held to transfer control of the Nangarhar, Nuristan, Kunar, and Laghman province battle space to the Afghan National Army as well as to bid farewell to the outgoing U.S. Army's 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division and welcome the incoming 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). (Photo ID: 802593)
context_page_description: Nangarhār also called Nangrahar or Ningrahar, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country and bordering Logar, Kabul, Laghman and Kunar provinces as well as an international border with Pakistan. It is divided into twenty-two districts and has a population of about 1,436,000, the third highest of the country's 34 provinces. The city of Jalalabad is the capital of Nangarhar province.
context_section_description: The current governor of the province is Hayatullah Hayat . His predecessor was Mohammad Gulab Mangal. His predecessor was Saleem Khan Kunduzi who resigned on 22 October 2016. Gul Agha Sherzai served as the governor since 2004 but left in order to run in the 2014 Afghan presidential election. The city of Jalalabad serves as the capital of the province.
  All law enforcement activities throughout the province are controlled by the Afghan National Police (ANP) along with the Afghan Local Police (ALP). The border with neighboring Pakistan is monitored by the Afghan Border Police (ABP). A provincial police chief is assigned to lead both the ANP and the ABP. The Police Chief represents the Ministry of the Interior in Kabul. The ANP and ABP are backed by the Afghan Armed Forces, including the NATO-led forces.
  Nangarhar shares a border with the neighboring Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The three regions share very close ties, with significant travel and commerce in both directions.
caption: U.S. and Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) stand in formation during a transfer of authority ceremony on Forward Operating Base Fenty in December 2012.
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