Afghanistan's least populous province, with a population of around 167,000. Parun serves as the provincial capital. Nuristan is bordered on the south by...

one of the four "N2KL" provinces (Nangarhar Province, Nuristan Province, Kunar Province and Laghman Province). N2KL was the designation used by the US and...

provinces of Bamyan, Ghazni, Kapisa, Khost, Kunar, Laghman, Logar, Nangarhar, Nuristan, Paktika, Paktiya, Panjshir, Parwan and Wardak. Bagram Airfield is the...

This is a list of the governors of the province of Nuristan, Afghanistan. List of current governors of Afghanistan "AFP: Afghan provincial governor dies...

"Po-to-chang-na". Badakhshan is bordered by Takhar Province to the west, Panjshir Province to the south west, Nuristan Province to the south, Tajikistan to the north...

American Combat Outpost ("COP") Keating near the town of Kamdesh in Nuristan Province in eastern Afghanistan. The attack was the bloodiest battle for US...

 'Land of Infidels'), is a historical region that covered present-day Nuristan Province in Afghanistan and its surroundings. This historic region lies on...

The Nuristanis are an ethnic group native to the Nuristan Province of northeastern Afghanistan and Chitral District of northwestern Pakistan. Their languages...

February 19, following a heavy snow, an avalanche in Afghanistan's Nuristan Province killed 25 people. 2024 Southeast Asia heat wave For the first time...

businessman and politician from Nuristan Province of Afghanistan. Mohammad Tamim was the previous governor of Nuristan Province and replaced by Hafiz Abdul...

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 north...

(link) "UNHCR Sub-Office JALALABAD DISTRICT PROFILE November 2002 Province: Nuristan, District: Bargi Matal" (PDF). aims.org. Archived from the original...

coalition led by the United States on 7 November 2003 in the Nuristan province and Kunar province in Afghanistan. It involved an airdrop into the Hindu Kush...

Kalash tradition, their ancestors migrated to Chitral Valley from Nuristan Province, Afghanistan or a location further south, called "Tsiyam" in their...

Alingar River in Afghanistan's Nuristan Province. Other major places where the language of Ashkun is spoken are Nuristan Province, Pech Valley in Wama District...

unit was assigned to Combat Outpost Keating in the Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province in Eastern Afghanistan. It replaced the outgoing Blackfoot Troop,...

outpost was under attack. Ty Carter Army Specialist Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province October 3, 2009 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat...

A landslide occurred on 19 February 2024 in Nuristan Province of eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 25 people while the village was washed away. About...

Idlib, a village in Syria Kafiristan, the historic name for the Nuristan Province in Afghanistan Kaffrine, a city in Senegal Kaffir lime, a variety...

place of its direct origins, the pakol has a very recent history in Nuristan Province, where it is widely worn nowadays, going back no older than the late...

stationed near Quam, in the Waygal district of Afghanistan's far eastern Nuristan province. The distant position was primarily defended by United States Army...

Kalasha Valleys, in the Waygal and middle Pech Valleys of Afghanistan's Nuristan Province. The name "Kalasha" seems to have been adopted for the Kalash people...

drafted in 1981, with Nuristan National Park to be formed in what was then Laghman Province and Kunar Province (Nuristan Province was not created, by carving...

"Pakistan's military could eliminate TTP's sanctuaries in Kunar and Nuristan Province on its own but was showing restraint due to Afghanistan's sovereignty...

Prasûn and Prasungul, is a small town and administrative center of Nuristan Province and its Parun District in Afghanistan. The city of Parun has a population...

was stationed at Combat Outpost (COP) Keating in Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province. On October 3, 2009, the outpost came under heavy attack and Carter...

Muhammad in Kunar province while Sheikh Dost Muhammad, a local Afghan Taliban leader, hosted Maulana Fazlullah in Nuristan province. Faqir Muhammad, who...

century when it was converted to Islam by the Durrani Empire and renamed Nuristan ("land of light"). The Hindu Kush range has also been the passageway for...

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)...

or five-stringed arched harp used by the Nuristanis native to the Nuristan Province of northeastern Afghanistan and Lower Chitral District of northwestern...