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Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Kabul (BIA) The sign boards of some shops, companies, and NGOs are written in foreign languages which is against the common customs of the country and reflects flout towards the national languages and culture. The sign boards of some shops, companies, and NGOs are written in foreign languages which is against the common customs of the country and reflects flout towards the national languages and culture. The Ministry of Information and Culture therefore, asks the owners of the companies, organizations, shops and NGOs to correct their sign boards in two weeks and use the two official languages. In case of defiance appropriate action will be taken against them.
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Even Adobe Photoshop can't change me.
A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai
For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."
The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!
-Ferishta, 1560–1620
