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Population : Estimates are from 100,000 to 300,000
The most inaccessible of Afghan provinces, Nuristan forms the backbone of the Hindu Kush mountain range in north-east Afghanistan. [...]

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- Focus: Balkh and Mazari Sharif cities
Balkh province in northern Afghanistan lies on the borders of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tadjikistan. The 1.6 million population of the province are dominated by Uzbeks and Tadjiks although there are significant Hazara and Pashtun minorities. Mazari, which means “noble shrine,” is the provincial capital with some 240,000 inhabitants. In [...]

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The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has a total population of 19 million, made up of mostly Buddhists. Muslims account for between seven and eight percent of the population. A revival of Islamic fundamentalism is occurring.

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Yet despite of the growing influence of fundamentalism, Pakistanis today, especially the educated, are more open to consider other options than at any time since the formation of the country.

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In Pakistan’s large cities such as Karachi and Quetta, the Baluch pursue a variety of menial jobs, such as truck drivers, rickshaw drivers, office workers, security guards and mechanics: few Baluch work as traders and shop owners.

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Nevertheless, most Gujjars in Pakistan still visit Muslim shrines in times of need, and traditional cures and amulets are dispensed by holy men called “pirs”.

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The tragic tale of the slave girl Anarkali, who was entombed alive because of her forbidden love for a prince, is remembered today in Lahore’s famous Anarkali Bazaar in Pakistan.

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One of the fastest growing cities in Pakistan, the city of Karachi, with a population approaching 10 million (by some accounts), is over half Mohajir and is a political and social tinderbox.

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This area is the only part of Pakistan in which the majority of the population professes the Shiite (Shia) orientation of Islam. Most Shiites follow the conservative branch of the so-called “Shia of the Twelve”…

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God continues to work among the Musalmaans of Nepal, even during the recent years of escalating Maoist hostility, the massacre of the Nepali royal family and political instability.

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