High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Nuristani people are an ethnic group indigenous to the Nuristan region of northeastern Afghanistan. The Nuristanis are a people whose ancestors practiced what was apparently an ancient Indo-Iranian polytheistic religion until they were converted to Islam in the late 19th century by Emir Abdur Rahman Khan. Non-Muslim religious practices endure today to some degree as folk customs. In physical complexion, the Nuristani are typically of the Mediterranean type. In their native rural areas, which was referred to by the local Muslims as Kafiristan before the 19th century, they are often farmers, herders, and dairymen. Throughout Afghanistan, they are well respected in the social structure and are represented in high ranking government and military positions. The Nuristani are distinguished from the Kalash of Chitral by their adoption of Islam and territory within Afghanistan.

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