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What Languages Are Spoken In Afghanistan? (Find Out!)

Afghanistan has two nationally recognized official languages: Pashto and Dari Persian. Dari Persian is the most common language, with 78% of people in Afghanistan able to speak the language. Pashto is ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

After immigrating to Kansas City, Afghan families don’t want their kids to forget their language

Among the struggles involved in re-establishing life in a new country, some Afghan parents fear their children will lose the cultural and historical connections that come with speaking Dari. Qayoom ...
Eurasianet

aliban Forced Rift Between Country's Two Main Languages

Many Kabulis, like 17-year-old Akhmad, are fluent in both languages. But the Taliban's insistence on Pashto, he says, left the language with a tarnished reputation: "I know Pashto very well -- not ...
PBS

Leaving Afghanistan

This morning U.S. and NATO troops begin pulling out of Afghanistan. Fears of a Taliban takeover and civil war are increasing. With the Taliban making advances almost by the day, Najibullah is going ...
WUNC

Of the many things banned by the Taliban in Afghanistan... chess?

The Taliban has banned many things since seizing Afghanistan nearly four years ago. There's no music, no videos of living creatures on most Afghan TV stations - that sounds like radio. Mostly no women ...