Talk:Nuristan Province

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as origionally Nuristani American was born in Central Nuristan Called waigal while reading this page About Nuristan just noticed some old myth not facts however so nice to see any one writes about Nuristan may God bless them.

''lets be clear historian will tell us about Nuristan,and Nuristani's with exception of The Great George Scott Robertson,and his book "The Kafir of Hindu Kosh "the rest of articles are questionable fantasies actually no one can establish facts about Nuristan as matter off facts Nuristan's are nerve ever forced to Islamization it is basless pure falls myth not facts by Afghan worthless kings like Emir Abdur Rahman Khan. they accep Islam by their own desires they are self converts No Afghan Rulers were able to conquering this region, what'a myth(by Emir Abdur Rahman Khan in 1895-96 and the Nuristani were forcibly converted to Islam).''

Sadly Emir Abdurhman Khan's propaganda machine made up such Notions of baseless Nouncens so called conqrured only truth abut him is that his attacks were repeadtedly diffited after five years war his diffited army were able to occuping only three villages in western Nuristan No one should conclude that as conquered.

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Upon reading this article, I've noticed several errors concerning US forces under the OEF section. Some could be considered POV material, so I will not bring those up. I do know for a fact, that the US forces have not pulled out of the "4 major bases" as I am currently stationed at one of those bases. Maybe some, but not all. I just humbly request that the editors double check articles before placing the information online, especially concerning recent events. Thank you. 194.98.42.130 (talk) 19:24, 17 November 2009 (UTC)Joe Snuffy

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The following referenced content waas removed by 115.186.74.145 The region was conquered by Emir Abdur Rahman Khan in 1895-96 and the Nuristani were then converted to Islam.

The Kafirs are thought to be the original inhabitants of the plains country of Afghanistan in what is now Nuristan. They were driven back into the mountain areas by the arrival of Islam in the country about 700AD. They are thought to be the descendents of the old Indian population that used to occupy the region, and they did not convert to Islam with the rest of the population, remaining pagan for several more centuries. Their language is much akin to Sanskrit.

The Kafirs were largely independent until the late nineteenth century, when the region was attacked by the forces of Abdur Rahman and the population was more forcibly converted to Islam.

They had only been converted to Islam as late as the 1890s, at the point of the sword

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Contradiction with Wikipedia article on Soviet-Afghan war
Wikipedia article ' Soviet-Afghan War' states: " Conversely, some regions such as Nuristan, in the northeast, and Hazarajat, in the central mountains of Afghanistan, were virtually untouched by the fighting, and lived in almost complete independence. " Wikipedia article 'Nuristan Province' appears to blatently contradict this, stating: "Nuristan was the scene of some of the heaviest guerrilla fighting during the 1980s Soviet–Afghan War." 31.94.72.211 (talk) 18:11, 4 July 2023 (UTC)