Darūnṭa ( ps, درونټه) (or Khayrow Khel), also spelled Daruntah or Derunta, is a
village in
Jalalabad District of
Nangarhar province. It is located next to
Jalalabad city on route AO1 in
Afghanistan.
Numerous remains of stupas from the 1st century BCE- 1st century CE, can be found around Darunta, such as in
Bimaran.
It gave its name to the
Darunta training camp
The Darunta training camp ''(also transliterated as Derunta)'' was one of the most well-known of many military training camps that have been alleged to have been affiliated with al Qaeda.
Training with poisons
CNN published a story in which ...
located north of the village, across the
Darunta Dam.
Gallery
Image:Kabul, Peshawar, and some cities in Nangarhar, Afghanistan 6.png, Darunta, Kabul, Peshawar, and some cities in Nangarhar, Afghanistan.
File:Stupas around Jelalabad, Darunta.jpg, Stupas around Jelalabad, Darunta
File:Darunta steatite container.jpg, The Darunta Buddhist reliquary from Passani Stupa No.2, 1st century CE.Charles Masson
Charles Masson (1800–1853) was the pseudonym of James Lewis, a British East India Company soldier and reporter, independent explorer and pioneering archaeologist and numismatist. He was the first European to discover the ruins of Harappa nea ...
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See also
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Nangarhar Province
References
Populated places in Nangarhar Province
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