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Nuristani people
Girl in a Kabul orphanage, 01-07-2002.jpg
Nuristani girl
Total population
ca. 125,000–300,000
Regions with significant populations
Nuristan Province
Languages
Nuristani
Dari and Pashto also understood widely as second languages
Religion
Mostly Sunni Muslims
Related ethnic groups
Kalash people

Nuristanis are an ethnic group living in the Hindu Kush areas mainly in Nuristan Province in eastern Afghanistan, whose languages are from the Indo-Iranian branch known as Nuristani languages.

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  • Defense.gov News Photo 101030-F-2558S-074 - U.S. Navy Cmdr. Bill Mallory right commanding officer of the Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team listens to a Kautiak village leader in the

    Kautiak villagers in Nuristan province with U.S. Navy commander (right)

  • Kati Ancestor Statues - Brumotul, Bumboret Valley, Chitral (1929)

    Ancestor of the Kati - Brumotul, Bumboret Valley, Chitral; picture by Georg Morgenstierne in 1929

  • AfghanistanNurestan

    Nuristan, in light green

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