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 ...

PESHAWAR: Pashto singer Sitara Younas despite being a Punjabi speaking girl from the Christian community scaled the heights of success and even outclassed some young Pashto singers owing to her inborn ...

After a long absence from the music scene, famous folk singer Gul Panra has treated her fans to a new Pashto song “Singaar Tappy.” Informing fans about her latest song, the vocalist took to social ...

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 ...

PESHAWAR: Shanza Ali Khan, an Islamabad-based young Pashto singer, has recently launched maiden video of her career with a pledge to change all kinds of stereotypes in Pashto music tradition. Born ...

The BBC’s flagship radio news programmes for Afghan audiences are now rebroadcast live by Afghanistan’s national broadcaster, Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA). We are delighted that the new ...

Who has the heart to tell the story that is Afghanistan? Who can capture the violence, the tribal intrigue and treachery, the absurdity, the devastation, the heroism and hypocrisy, the desperation and ...