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- ↑ "Rodat District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan" (PDF). Government of Afghanistan. January 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
- ↑ 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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