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Apr 12, 2023 inhistory

A woman in Kafiristan, Afghanistan, 1885. The Kafirs were forcibly converted to Islam in 1895, and thence the region has become known as Nuristan ("land of illumination", or "land of light").

A woman in Kafiristan, Afghanistan, 1885. The Kafirs were forcibly converted to Islam in 1895, and thence the region has become known as Nuristan ("land of illumination", or "land of light").

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