Nuristan Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
province of Afghanistan
About Nuristan
Nuristan isone of the most remote areas on Earth, right up in theHindu Kushmountains. The area used to be called Kafiristan, land of unbelievers, until it was converted to Islam at swordpoint in the late 19th century and became known as Nuristan, land of light. Kipling wrote of it inThe Man Who Would be King. In his day, no Europeans had been there. John Huston made afilmbased on the book, with Sean Connery and Michael Caine in lead roles. It is a fine movie and the geography is about right, but the culture is more from Kipling's imagination than anything related to the actual place. A wonderful book about the area is Eric Newby'sA Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, long out of print but worth hunting for. When Newby and a friend visited Nuristan in the 1950s, they were the second or third Euro
Nuristan Travel Guide Sections
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