Nuristan likewise spelled Nurestan or Nooristan, (Kamkata-vari: Nuristan) is one of the 34 territories of Afghanistan, situated in the eastern piece of the country. It is isolated into seven areas and is Afghanistan's most un-crowded region, with a populace of around 167, 000,[1] Parun fills in as the commonplace capital. Nuristan is verged on the south by Laghman and Kunar regions, on the north by Badakhshan area, on the west by Panjshir region.

It was once in the past called Kafiristan until the occupants were coercively 'changed over' from an animist religion; a type of antiquated Hinduism injected with neighborhood varieties, to Islam in 1895, and thereupon the district has gotten known as Nuristan ("place where there is brightening", or "place that is known for light"). The district was situated in a space encompassed by Buddhist civilizations that were subsequently taken over by Muslims. The beginning of the nearby Nuristani individuals has been questioned, going from being the native occupants compelled to escape to this area in the wake of declining to give up to Muslim intruders, to being connected to different antiquated gatherings of individuals and the Turk Shahi lords.

The essential occupations are horticulture, creature cultivation, and day work. Situated on the southern slants of the Hindu Kush mountains in the northeastern piece of the country, Nuristan traverses the bowls of the Alingar, Pech, Landai Sin, and Kunar streams. Quite a bit of Nuristan is covered by sloping woods and it has a rich biodiversity with a locally special storm environment via air coming from the Indian Ocean. Starting in 2020, the aggregate of Nuristan is currently a secured public park.