Nuristan

[noor-uh-stan, -stahn]

noun

1. a mountainous region in northeastern Afghanistan. 5,000 sq. mi. (12,950 sq. km).

Nuristan

/ ˌnʊərɪˈstɑːn /

noun

1. Former name: Kafiristan. a region of E Afghanistan: consists mainly of high mountains (including part of the Hindu Kush), steep narrow valleys, and forests. Area: about 13 000 sq km (5000 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Those who have managed to reach the village in the eastern province of Nuristan were forced to use shovels and axes to dig through the rubble.

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Landslides, avalanches and other disasters are not uncommon in Nuristan, a mountainous region covered in forests near the border with Pakistan.

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More than 50 people were killed in an avalanche in the province back in 2017, while in 2021 dozens of people were killed in flash flooding in Nuristan.

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Eastern Afghanistan’s province of Nuristan is a green oasis in a country largely in the grip of desertification.

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In Nuristan, the news was even worse: there it had shrunk by 53 percent.

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