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 ...

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 ...

“What tyrant has attacked my mountains this year/ When I go to shovel the snow, I pick up only blood.” This verse from a recent Pashto poem written by Mukhtar Orakzai, translated into English, best ...

PESHAWAR: Despite deep decline in cinema culture, film producers and investors take courage to screen Pashto movies today, the first day of Eidul Fitr, to carry on the legacy of entertaining the cine ...

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 ...

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 ...

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Language barriers can make it difficult for units deployed to Afghanistan, but one unit is fighting against that barrier by using the local language and achieving ...

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 ...

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 ...