Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region of northeast Afghanistan on the southern slopes of the Hindu Kush.
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Examples
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By then I knew the level of fraud and corruption in Nuristan was going to hit the roof, and it did.
Ann Jones: Big Men, Big Money, Big Voting Scam: The American Midterm Election -- in Afghanistan Ann Jones 2010
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Lake Oswego, Ore., died Dec. 5 in Nuristan, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
KIA KIA/BNR 2009
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[T] he troops in Nuristan have also suffered from sheer isolation and the topography of the Hindu Kush.
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Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive - Video: Danger in Nuristan « - Blogs from CNN. com
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NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The province is called Nuristan, which means land of enlightenment.
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The province is called Nuristan, which means land of enlightenment.
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Thus the Western African Jihads and the jihad against the “Kafirs” of “Kafiristan” in Afghanistan “The land of Unbelievers” — after their forced conversion in the late 19th century, now known as Nuristan — the land of light were perfectly permissible.
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NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The province is called Nuristan, which means land of enlightenment.
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The province is called Nuristan, which means land of enlightenment.
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It was called the Nuristan-Kunar corridor, and American military planners fear that al-Qaeda is trying to revive it.
Into the Valley of Death Junger, Sebastian 2008
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