Kohistan travel guide

The Kouhistanpersan: kūhestān, fa | کوهستان, highland, Kûhestân or Qûhistânarabe: qūhistān, ar | قوهستان means a region corresponding to the arid southern Khorassan medieval straddling the present border of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. In Persian the word means Kûhestân mountainous country. This remote region is also a crossing point between India and the Middle East from east to west and the Persian Gulf north of Iran sue the north-south. Its isolation and mountainous terrain have also been an area of refuge for minorities wishing to escape persecution as the Ismailis. Today, the name is preserved in the following administrative divisions: Afghanistan: District Kuhistan in the province Badakhshan; Kuhistan district in Faryab province; Kuhistan district in Kapisa province, Pakistan today: Kuhistan district in the Frontier Province du Nord-Ouest (...) more....

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