KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Language barriers can make it difficult for units deployed to Afghanistan, but one unit is fighting against that barrier by using the local language and achieving ...

PESHAWAR: The foundation of a new literary society, called ‘Hamza Baba Pakhtu Adabi Tolana, Peshawar’, was laid down on Saturday night at Nishar Hall in the city amid splendid performances by some ...

Afghanistan faces one of the world’s lowest youth and adult literacy rates – a consequence of four decades of conflict, natural disasters and poverty that has profoundly impacted the country’s ...

PESHAWAR: The Pashto film industry commonly known as Pollywood has screened five Pashto movies full of thrill and romance on Eidul Fitr as compared to just three flicks last year. The struggling ...

Passing through the empty chairs at one of the famous cinemas of Peshawar, Arshad cinema, viewers of the new Pashto film Badnam (2017) of legendry actor Arbaz Khan did not amount to more than two ...

RECENTLY, Pakhtun grammarians, language experts and writers from universities in Peshawar and Kabul came together in a two-day seminar called ‘Asanah Pashto’ in Kabul to develop easy or functional ...

The Taliban’s anti-Persian stance is rooted in their educational and cultural background, but also reflects a longstanding desire by successive Afghan governments to displace the Persian language.

The status of the Dari and Pashto languages has always been a sensitive issue in Afghanistan. Both Dari -- also called Farsi -- and Pashto belong to the Indo-European family of languages. Pashto is ...