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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

PESHAWAR: Those who even have a remote idea of what Pashto cinema is about know Badar Munir. The actor who is credited for hit films like Yousaf Khan Sherbano has not only become synonymous with the ...

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 ...

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 ...