Nuristan, also spelled as Nurestan or Nooristan (Pashto: نورستان; Kamkata-vari: Nuriston), is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern...
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The Nuristanis are an ethnic group native to the Nuristan Province of northeastern Afghanistan and Chitral District of northwestern Pakistan. Their languages...
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Battle of Kamdesh (category History of Nuristan Province)
the American Combat Outpost ("COP") Keating near the town of Kamdesh in Nuristan Province in eastern Afghanistan. The attack was the bloodiest battle for...
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one Kalash tradition, their ancestors migrated to Chitral Valley from Nuristan or a location further south, called "Tsiyam" in their folk songs and epics...
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Issa Nuristani (redirect from Issa Khan Nuristan)
Issa Nuristani (or Issa Khan Nuristan) was an army general and a community leader among the Safed Posh tribe in Nuristan, Afghanistan, who led a group...
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Nuristan National Park is a national park in Afghanistan announced by the Government of Afghanistan on 5 June 2020 (coinciding with World Environment Day)...
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Kamdesh (redirect from Kamdesh, Nuristan)
town in the Landai Sin Valley, and the center of the Kamdesh District in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. It is located at the general area of Yurmir (يورمير)...
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300,000. The Nuristan region has been a prominent location for war scenes that have led to the death of many indigenous Nuristanis. Nuristan has also received...
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Kafiristan (category History of Nuristan Province)
'Land of Infidels'), is a historical region that covered present-day Nuristan Province in Afghanistan and its surroundings. This historic region lies...
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Strand (31 December 2005). "Richard Strand's Nuristân Site: Peoples and Languages of Nuristan". nuristan.info. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019...
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Jowzjan Kabul Kandahar Kap. Khost Kunar Kunduz Lagh. Logar Nangarhar Nimruz Nuristan Paktia Paktika Panj. Parwan Samangan Sar-e Pol Takhar Uruzgan M. Wardak...
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This is a list of the governors of the province of Nuristan, Afghanistan. List of current governors of Afghanistan "AFP: Afghan provincial governor dies...
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center, and the Landai Sin and Kunar rivers in the east. More broadly, the Nuristan (or Kafiristan) region is located at the northern intersection of the Indian...
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considered for merging. › A landslide occurred on 19 February 2024 in Nuristan Province of eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 25 people while the village...
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Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018) "Richard Strand's Nuristân Site: Peoples and Languages of Nuristan". nuristan.info. Retrieved 2022-06-04. Torwali, Zubair (2020)...
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provinces of Bamyan, Ghazni, Kapisa, Khost, Kunar, Laghman, Logar, Nangarhar, Nuristan, Paktika, Paktiya, Panjshir, Parwan and Wardak. Bagram Airfield is the...
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Arched harp (section Nuristan)
survived in places culturally connected to India. These include the waji of Nuristan, the 5-7 string t'nah or na den or 6-string tinaou of the Karen from Thailand...
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (redirect from Nuristan (Pakistan))
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pashto: خېبر پښتونخوا [ˈxebaɾ paxtunˈxwɑ]; Urdu: خیبر پختونخوا, pronounced [ˈxɛːbəɾ pəxˈtuːnxwɑː] ; abbr. KP), formerly known as North...
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the smallest, lying on the southern edge of the Hindu Kush mountains, in Nuristan Province about 60 km north of Jalalabad. This subregion is bounded on the...
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Alingar River in Afghanistan's Nuristan Province. Other major places where the language of Ashkun is spoken are Nuristan Province, Pech Valley in Wama...
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Greater India (section Nuristan)
Strand (31 December 2005). "Richard Strand's Nuristân Site: Peoples and Languages of Nuristan". nuristan.info. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019...
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Nuristan District was a district in eastern Afghanistan. It was originally in Laghman Province and then was moved to the new Nuristan Province in 2001...
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Gulbuddin. It is one of the four "N2KL" provinces (Nangarhar Province, Nuristan Province, Kunar Province and Laghman Province). N2KL was the designation...
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Afghanistan, including Kapisa, Baghlan, Balkh, Kunduz, Takhar, Badakhshan, Nuristan, Laghman, Nangarhar, and Khost. They have a distinct culture and way of...
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Strand (31 December 2005). "Richard Strand's Nuristân Site: Peoples and Languages of Nuristan". nuristan.info. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019...
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have been primarily in the eastern provinces of Kunar and Nuristan. Kunar and eastern Nuristan are strategic terrain since the area constitutes a major...
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American outpost in Nuristan, Afghanistan...
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original (PDF) on 7 July 2007. "Richard Strand's Nuristân Site: The Kalasha of Kalashüm". www.nuristan.info. Retrieved 31 December 2022. Augusto S. Cacopardo...
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Richard F. (31 December 2005). "Richard Strand's Nuristân Site: Peoples and Languages of Nuristan". nuristan.info. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019...
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being considered for merging. › Flooding began in the Kamdesh District in Nuristan, Afghanistan, due to heavy rains. As of July 31, the death toll is at 113...
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