More Pashtuns live in Karachi than any other city in the world and they are concerned about their heritage It was the afternoon of September 24. A group of people -- both young and old -- gathered at ...

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 ...

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 ...

Afghans across the globe will soon be pleased to see the inclusion of Pashto, their mother tongue, in Google’s popular online translation service, Google Translate. "With over 43 million ...

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.

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 ...

In a further sign that the U.S. military wants to forget that the Afghanistan War ever happened, the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in Monterey, California will cease teaching ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Haxhi with new teacher handbook. Credit: Maya McFadden file photo New Haven’s two comprehensive ...

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 ...