د عبدالوکیل خان نورستانی جامع مسجد

Nuristan, A great place for tourism

Nuristan, also spelled Nurestan or Nooristan, (Nuristani: نورستان) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. It is divided into seven districts and has a population of about 140,900.Parun serves as the provincial capital. It was formerly known as Kafiristan (کافرستان, "land of the infidels") until the inhabitants were forcibly converted from an animist religion a form of ancient Hinduism infused with local variations, to Islam in 1895, and thence the region has become known as Nuristan ("land of illumination", or "land of light"). The region was located in an area surrounded by Buddhist civilizations which were later taken over by Muslims.The origins of the Nuristani has been disputed, ranging from being the indigenous inhabitants forced to flee to this region after refusing to convert t Islam and surrender to Muslim invaders, to being linked to various ancient groups of people and the Turk Shahi kings. The primary occupations are agriculture, animal husbandry, and day labor. Located on the southern slopes of the Hindu Kush mountains in the northeastern part of the country, Nuristan spans the basins of the Alingar, Pech, Landai Sin, and Kunarrivers. Nuristan is bordered on the south by Laghmanand Kunar provinces, on the north by Badakhshan province, on the west by Panjshir province, and on the east by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

The part of paradise..

We come here to pray namaz

Secure and quiet place