Karzai's choice of a well-known Pashto-language poet was also deliberate. Poetry is central to Afghanistan's past and present, not just as a storytelling method, but as part of the story.

Afghanistan has two nationally recognized official languages: Pashto and Dari Persian ... Dari Persian is also widely used in poetry, newscasts, newspapers, and other broadcast media.

One of his poems, "Oh Motherland" is still very popular: A beautiful rendition of this poem in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Khan abandoned the theme of morality, which had dominated Pashto poetry for ...

Ahmad Fawad Lamay The first suicide attack in Afghanistan, by Arabs ... This theme of violence is playing out in other genres in Pashto, such as short stories. But it is more visible in poetry. "It is ...

PESHAWAR: Afghanistan's tumultuous history of the last three decades is behind the incredible popularity of poetry in Pashto, the language of the majority Pakhtoons in Pakistan's North West Frontier ...

Afghan women are agents of change in numerous ways, one of which is poetry. The poetic tradition ... Whether writing in Persian (Dari), Pashto, or English, their words echo their yearning for ...

Welcome to The Azadi Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that unpacks the key issues in Afghanistan ... Meena ("Love" in Pashto), because it published prose and poetry that could be seen as critical ...

Zakia and Ali, a young Afghan couple ... writes of Ali’s ringtone – a contemporary Pashto love song. “Ali courted Zakia with poetry that he recited to her, the words from songs that he ...

PESHAWAR: Senior Afghan folk artist Barialay Wali has asked music buffs to ensure revival of traditional Pashto music along with quality poetry. He said that losing classics Pashto music ...

Other Afghan female writers have welcomed the book's release. Parvin Malal, who writes poetry and fiction about women, conflict and refugees, told VOA it is important for Afghan women to write ...