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.

PESHAWAR: Prof Humayun Hamdard, noted Pashto poet, research scholar and playwright, breathed his last at Lady Reading Hospital here on Monday. He was 53. He was admitted to the hospital 14 days ago ...

(MENAFN- Tribal News Network) PESHAWAR: There is a poet in Koz Killi village in Jadba tehsil of Torghar district who is teaching Pashto writing and calligraphy to students without any fee. The poet, ...

PESHAWAR: With 100 years passing since the first fiction piece of Pashto literature was published, literature in the language has yet to make any real progress when compared to other languages in the ...

PASHTUN poets, writers, linguists, research scholars and intellectuals put their heads together in Peshawar Nishtar Hall on April 6 and 7 to discuss solutions to problems and issues confronting Pashto ...

BUNER: We used to write the name of our gas agency in Urdu or English, but we got the real peace of mind when a signboard written in our mother language was installed on it. This was stated by a ...