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The Nuristani are a religious/ethnic group in the Nurestan Province of Afghanistan. They were known as the "Red or Black Kafirs", and the Nurestan province as Kafiristan, before they were forced to convert to Islam in 1895. The Nuristani, particularly the Kalasha clan, are known for their typical Indo-European characteristics like fair skin, light eyes, and blonde hair. The physical features reflect their kinship to ancient Indo-European Tokhars who once lived in the Tarim Basin. Theories about Greek ancestry are disproved on the grounds of lack of DNA relations between Nuristanis and Greeks, and on the grounds that Greeks are black haired, dark complexioned Mediterranenan people. Other people, such as the Iranian Scythians also trekked into this region during their migration from Central Asia, into the Indian subcontinent some 2,200 years ago. Nurestan (also spelled Nuristan or Nooristan) (Persian: نورستان) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...
The Kafirs were the historic inhabitants of Kafirstan, on the southern slopes of Hindukush. ...
Kafiristan (land of the infidels) was a region in Afghanistan whose inhabitants maintained a wild independence until they were subdued by the amir Abdur Rahman Khan in 1896. ...
1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
For the language group see Indo-European languages; for other uses see Indo-European (disambiguation) Indo-Europeans are speakers of Indo-European languages. ...
 General Issa Nuristani was second in command following the King during the Communist invasion of Afghanistan. Before his assassination, General Issa called the Nuristani people in a "Jihad" against the Soviet Red Army. The Nuristani people were the first in Afghanistan to rise against the communist invasion. Image File history File links map of province of Afghanistan File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Nuristanis and the Soviet invasion
The most of the former Hindukush Kafir people are today's Nuristanis. They are a such devout Muslims now that, led by the Koms, these former Kafirs were the first citizens of Afghanistan to successfully revolt against the communist overthrow of their government in 1978. Thereafter, Nuristan remained a scene of some of the bloodiest guerrilla fighting with the Soviet forces from 1979 through 1989. The success of Nuristanis inspired other Afghans to rise up and contributed to the demise of the Soviet Union through ten years of war [1]. The Kafirs were the historic inhabitants of Kafirstan, on the southern slopes of Hindukush. ...
A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ...
The Kom or Kam is one of the main present-day Nuristani tribes and was one of the former Black-Robed (Siah-Posh) Kafir clans of Kafiristan (present-day Nuristan). ...
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This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ...
Nurestan Province (also spelled Nuristan) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...
Nuristani tribes - Kata
- Kom
- Mumo
- Kshto
- Dungulio
- Kalasha (of Nuristan)
- Tregami
- Vasi
- Askunu
- Sanu
- Gramsana
The Katir or Kator/Kata are the main present-day Nuristani tribe and were one of the former five Black-Robed (Siah-Posh) Kafir clans of Kafiristan (present-day Nuristan). ...
The Kom or Kam is one of the main present-day Nuristani tribes and was one of the former Black-Robed (Siah-Posh) Kafir clans of Kafiristan (present-day Nuristan). ...
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