Afghanistan has recently been the scene of a debate on what the real name of one of its official languages is. Afghanistan has two official languages, Pashto and Dari. However, most Dari speakers ...

What to call the Persian language in Afghanistan? It's a question Afghans have grappled with and sparred over for decades. The long-simmering dispute was reignited after the BBC changed the name of ...

After two years of silence, the kitchen at 2427 S. College Ave. has hissed back to life. Silk Road Kabob House softly opened in the former home of popular Afghan restaurant Maza Kabob on Thursday, Oct ...

We’re just back from some travel in Ohio to see family, friends and even a couple of doctors. One of our hotels was serviced by porters who were refugees from Afghanistan. I was using a cane because ...

For his fellow exiles, Sadiq Fitrat Nashenas, an 88-year-old star from a golden era, evokes the Afghanistan they left behind, and one that could have been. Sadiq Fitrat Nashenas in the Netherlands in ...

Afghan boys take their lunch at a school in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, Oct. 29, 2013. Pashto writing on the wall reads, “no entrance without permission,” it also names the cook, and on the bottom ...

KABUL (Reuters) - The BBC is facing an angry reaction in Afghanistan after it changed the name of one of its local language Facebook pages to BBC Dari, the official name of the Afghan version of ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - To increase the number of U.S Army Farsi and Pashtu linguists operating in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Accessions Command now works directly with Persian communities at a grassroots ...

Aryana Sayeed is a superstar in her native Afghanistan. Singing in Pashto and Dari, her sensual and provocative music videos have been viewed by millions of fans at home and abroad. But they've also ...

As satellite ministry becomes one of the few ways under the Taliban to reach local believers, SAT-7 Afghan pastor reflects on the gospel impact of the US military withdrawal. Afghanistan and its ...

Eighteen-year-old rapper Roya uses her music to call for a ‘different Afghanistan’. Her traumatic experiences growing up inspired her to write a song about the Taliban. ‘In Afghanistan, as a girl, you ...