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    pashto language in herat and farah

    Assalam o alikum

    I m pashtun from khyber agency. i am very concerned about decline of my beloved language. i want some facts about current status of pashto language in farah, herat, badghis and mazar areas.

    I have heard that in herat provinces even in areas where pashtun people are more 90 percent people dont know pashto language especially norzai tribe.

    People in farah province where pashtuns are around about 85 % more than half of them speak dari as mother tongue.

    I would love to know in detail and would love to know about other northern provinces as well

    Mohib khan afridi
    Tags: farah, herat, language, pashto
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    Assalam-Alaikum.

    From what I have gathered(and there is a recent video)there are constant efforts to promote Pashto. In fact, just recently they held a seminar in Mazar-E-Sharif. Since the nation is in war, languages is the least of peoples concerns. Pashtuns of Afghanistan expect our brothers across the imaginary line to hold the torch for now.
    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

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