Original sentence: According to a study published online on 18 October 2006 by Biomedical and Genetic Engineering Division in Islamabad, Pakistan, “in addition to Alexander’s armies, an admixture between Greek slaves brought to the region by Xerxes about 150 years before Alexander’s arrival, and the local population, cannot be discounted.At that time, Afganistan and Pakistan were part of the Persian Empire.Hence “a land in the Orient”, writes anthropologist and writer Duccio Canestrini, “inhabited by blond people with clear complexion and blue eyes,” who have been there since 2000 BC or earlier.Historians still cannot determine who the actual descendants of the settlers in Dionysus’ time or of the soldiers of Alexander the Great are: the Kalash, the Khowar, the Nuristanis who live in the Nuristan Province of Afghanistan, the Hunza people, Burusho or all of them together
Edited sentence: Nevertheless, the following statement made by a Kalash named Kazi Khushnawaz indicates Kalash people current belief for their origin: