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The purpose of the study is to determine the contribution of the textile industry to the household income and to determine the problems confronted by textile industry in Nangarhar province. The results of the study indicate that the textile industry is in a challenging situation, it means the lack of infrastructure, lack of financial resources, lack of skilled labors, lack of security, suitable technology and marketing problems are considered to be the key challenges to the development of the industry. Furthermore, the study indicates that the effects of income from textile industries on the total household income of the targeted population are statistically significant. It means that textile industry is one of the main factors affecting the total income of the households in the target area. Textile industry is a fundamental source of income generation and employment in the study area. The study is based on both primary and secondary data. The primary data is collected from the textile industries that are active in the chosen area and the secondary data is collected from various related valid sources, such as World Bank reports and other national and international donors� valid sources. To collect the primary data, Nangarhar, province was chosen. Nangarhar province has twenty-two districts, from them, five districts of Nangarhar which are Behsud, Jalalabad, Batikoot, Kama and Rodat districts has been selected for the study. According to existing information, Nangarhar is one of main locations of textile industries, the study includes a sample of 50 target population in Nangarhar Province as 10 textile firms were studied in each of the five districts, each of them was randomly chosen for interview from the list.