Pashto

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Synonyms for Pashto

an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan

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There is also the possibility that, not only will Canada and its allies eventually lose the war there due to domestic war weariness and attrition, but the Taliban will come out of it with a battle tested semi-professional army that could swallow the Pushtu speaking areas of Pakistan, further destabilizing an already shaky nuclear power.
In the two subsequent class periods, Hamida continued to tell her story to students who understood Pushtu. By the third telling, the story was translated to the teacher as follows: My cousin Marjana was 8 years old and was playing with us in Afghanistan.
In return for the concessions made with regard to the recognition of languages spoken in Afghanistan, agreement was reached to keep the national anthem in Pushtu despite a proposal from the CLJ floor to introduce it in both Dari and Pushtu.
A secondary route up the mountain is called the Loya Nala (Big Nala in Pushtu).
If it means everyone who lives within the borders of the country, then let's hope the national theatre's include work embracing the cultures of Urdu, Bengali, Somali, Arabic, Gujerati, Chinese, Hindi, Pushtu and Punjabi, all official languages of Cardiff.
However, Wardak was unable to garner support among the Pushtun tribes, restore order or revamp the security structure, and Karzai was compelled to appoint another Pushtun as Minister of the Interior, Ali A Jalali, formerly chief of the Pushtu Service of the Voice of America.
Dari (Afghan Persian) is spoken by a third of the population, and Pushtu is spoken by about half.
The Home Office did not spot the comment until 90 minutes after it was handed to a centre case worker, who had already translated it for her client, who spoke only Urdu and Pushtu.
of Percent Mother-tongue Persons of Total Brahui 20,263 1.0 English 11,597 0.6 Bengali 25,963 1.3 Gujarati 152,471 7.5 Punjabi 260,747 12.8 Sindhi 174,823 8.6 Urdu 1,101,776 53.9 Balochi 108,024 5.3 Pushtu 105,482 5.2 Others, not Stated 82,898 3.8 Total 2,044,044 100.0 Source: Government of Pakistan, District Census Report: Karachi (Ministry of Home Affairs, 1961) Parts I-V, pp.
For further effectiveness of the guidebook it is being translated into Urdu, Sindhi and Pushtu languages.
Ethe, Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindustani, and Pushtu Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1889), 814.
An offical of PNCA lauding the contrabution of the Pushtu folk artist for her services to Pashtu folk music.
A statement issued in Pushtu and English languages said This exchange between Islamic Resistance of Palestine (Hamas) and the Zionist Regime in which a total of 1027 Palestinian prisoners will be released is in reality the triumph of the will of the Muslim Palestinian nation and can be considered as one of the heaviest blows to the Zionists.