Women: a new radio show from BBC News Afghan service in Pashto and Dari The BBC News Afghanistan service in Pashto and Dari has launched a weekly radio programme, Women (Mermen in Pashto, and Zan in ...

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 ...

Two producers from opposite sides of the world have teamed up to assist Afghan musicians in exile to get their music heard again. Australian producer Lachlan R. Dale performs with an Afghan musician ...

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 ...

PESHAWAR: Fans mourned the death of popular Afghan Pashto folk singer Qamar Gula, who passed away in Ontario, Canada, late Friday. The Pashtun Council Canada (PCC) confirmed the death in a post on its ...

Among the many lesser-known jewels in the sub-continental musical treasure chest you will find a bright and glimmering voice from Afghanistan. Known by his stage name, Nashenas, he is among the most ...