Jalalabad, Afghanistan, satellite image. Jalalabad (top left) is in eastern Afghanistan, close to the Pakistani border. The Kabul river and its tributaries are seen running from top left to the right of the image. Jalalabad, Afghanistan's leading trading centre with India and Pakistan, is surrounded by fertile farmland (centre to bottom). The area's main crops are rice, oranges and sugar cane. Image taken by the Ikonos satellite on 29 December 1999.