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Ahmad Shah Durrani
Ahmad Shāh Durrānī (c.1722–1773) (Pashto/Persian: احمد شاه درانی), also known as Ahmad Shāh Abdālī (Pashto/Persian: احمد شاه ابدالي) and born as Ahmad Khān Abdālī, was the founder of the Durrani Empire and is regarded by many to be the founder of the modern state of Afghanistan.
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Amir Kror Suri
Amir Kror Suri (), also known as Jahan Pahlawan, is a character in Pashtun national history and is claimed to have become the governor of Mandesh in Ghor.
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Amānullāh Khān
Amānullāh Khān (Pashto: ) (June 1, 1892 – April 25, 1960) was the ruler of the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1919 to 1929, first as Amir and after 1926 as Shah. He led Afghanistan to independence over its foreign affairs from the United Kingdom, and his rule was marked by dramatic political and social change.
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Ariana
Ariana, the Latinized form of (Greek: /Arianē), inhabitants: Ariani (Greek: /Arianoi), was a region of the eastern countries of ancient Persia, next to the Indian subcontinent, including most of Afghanistan, most of Tajikistan, east and south of Iran, south Turkmenistan, south Uzbekistan and west Pakistan. At various times, the region was in possession of the Persians, the Macedonians, and partly the Indians. Its exact limits are laid down with little accuracy in classical sources, and it seems to have been often confused (as in Pliny, Naturalis Historia, book vi, page 23) with the small province of Aria.
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Georg Morgenstierne
Georg Morgenstierne (1892 Oslo, Norway – 1978, Oslo, Norway) was a Norwegian professor of linguistics with the University of Oslo (UiO). He specialized in Indo-Iranian languages.
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George Rawlinson
Canon George Rawlinson (23 November 1812 – 7 October 1902) was a 19th century English scholar and historian. He was born at Chadlington, Oxfordshire, and was the younger brother of Sir Henry Rawlinson.
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Habibullah Kalakani
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Henry George Raverty
Henry George Raverty (1825-1906) was a British Indian Army officer and linguist. He served from 1843 to 1864, rising to the rank of Major in the 3rd Bombay Native Infantry.
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Herbert Penzl
Herbert Penzl, born 1910-09-02, Neufelden (Austria), died 1995, was an Austrian-born American philologist and historical linguist. He studied English Philology at the University of Vienna under Karl Luick. In 1936 he completed his Ph.D. dissertation The Development of Middle English a in New England Speech. He spent some time in the United States working on the Linguistic Atlas of the United States and Canada at Brown University, having been recommended for the exchange by Sigmund Freud. While in the US, he published his first article, "New England Terms for Poached Eggs," which received media coverage by the Associated Press among others.
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Herodotus
Herodotus (Greek: Hēródotos) was an ancient Greek historian who lived in the 5th century BC ( – ). He was born in Caria, Halicarnassus (modern day Bodrum, Turkey). He is regarded as the "Father of History" in Western culture. He was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a well-constructed and vivid narrative. He is exclusively known for writing The Histories, a record of his "inquiry" (or historía, a word that passed into Latin and took on its modern meaning of history) into the origins of the Greco-Persian Wars which occurred in 490 and 480-479 BC—especially since he includes a narrative account of that period, which would otherwise be poorly documented; and many long digressions concerning the various places and people he encountered during wide-ranging travels around the lands of the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Although some of his stories were not completely accurate, he claimed that he was reporting only what had been told to him.
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Iranian languages
The Iranian languages or Iranic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family and its subfamily, Indo-Iranian. They are spoken by the Iranian peoples. Old Persian and Avestan are the oldest recorded Iranian languages.
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Mohammed Zahir Shah
Mohammed Zahir Shah (15 October 1914 – 23 July 2007) was the last King (Shah) of Afghanistan, reigning for four decades, from 1933 until he was ousted by a coup in 1973. Following his return from exile he was given the title 'Father of the Nation' in 2002 which he held until his death.
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Nazo Tokhi
Nazo Tokhi, known mostly as Nazo Ana or Nazoo Anaa, (1651–1717) () was a prominent Pashtun female poet and a literary figure of the Pashto language in Afghanistan. Mother of the famous early-18th century Afghan King Mir Wais, she grew up in an influential family in the Kandahar region. Nazo Tokhi is remembered as a brave woman warrior in the history of Afghanistan, who eventually became the legendary "Mother of Afghan Nationalism".
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Pakthas
For the Province of Paktia see Paktia Province
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Pashtun diaspora
Pashtuns (Pashto: پښتون or پختون , also rendered as Pushtuns, Pakhtuns, Pukhtuns), also called Pathans (Urdu: پٹھان, ) have many communities around the world. Though their homeland is in the Pakhtunkhwa region of South-Central Asia—a region stretching from south of the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan to western Pakistan—they are also found in India, the Middle East, Europe, North America, Australia, Africa, and in other parts of the globe. According to Ethnologue, their total number is estimated to be nearly 50 million but some sources give a lower number.
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Pashtun people
Pashtuns ( , , also rendered as Pushtuns, Pakhtuns, Pukhtuns), also called Pathans (in and Hindi: पठान ) or (ethnic) Afghans (in ; see also origin and history of the term), are an Eastern Iranian ethno-linguistic group with populations primarily in Afghanistan and western Pakistan, which includes Pakhtunkhwa, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Balochistan. The Pashtuns are typically characterized by their usage of the Pashto language and practice of Pashtunwali, a traditional set of rules and ethics guiding individual and communal conduct.
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Rahman Baba
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Strabo
Strabo (; 63/64 BC – ca. AD 24) was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher.
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Achaemenid Empire
The Achaemenid Empire () (ca. 550–330 BCE), also known as the Persian Empire, was the successor state of the Median Empire, ruling over significant portions of what would become Greater Iran. The Persian and the Median Empire taken together are also known as the Medo-Persian Empire, which encompassed the combined territories of several earlier empires.
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Afghanistan
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Attock District
Attock District () is a district in the north-west Punjab Province of Pakistan.
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Australia
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Canada
Canada () is a country in North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area. Canada's common border with the United States to the south and northwest is the longest in the world.
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Germany
Germany (), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (, ), is a country in Western Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The territory of Germany covers 357.021 km2 and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state of the European Union, and home to the third-largest number of international migrants worldwide.
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India
India (), officially the Republic of India ( ; see also official names of India), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.18 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Mainland India is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east; and it is bordered by Pakistan to the west; Bhutan, the People's Republic of China and Nepal to the north; and Bangladesh and Burma to the east. In the Indian Ocean, mainland India and the Lakshadweep Islands are in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share maritime border with Thailand and the Indonesian island of Sumatra in the Andaman Sea. India has a coastline of .
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Indus River
The Indus River (Sanskrit: सिन्धु Sindhu; Sindhi: Sindhu; Abāsin "The Father River"; Punjabi: سندھ '; Hindko: سندھ '; Avestan: Harahuti; Al-Sind; "Lion River"; ; Greek: Ινδός Indós; Turki: Nilab) is a major river which flows through the northern Indian Subcontinent.
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Iran
Iran ( ), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran is a country in Central Eurasia and Western Asia. The name Iran has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was also known to the western world as Persia. Both Persia and Iran are used interchangeably in cultural contexts; however, Iran is the name used officially in political contexts.
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Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir (Dogri: जम्मू और कश्मीर; {{lang-ur|) is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the Pakistani administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, to the west and northwest respectively.
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Japan
Japan (日本 Nihon or Nippon), officially the State of Japan ( or Nihon-koku), is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin" (because it lies to the east of nearby countries), which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun".
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Kabul University
The Kabul University (KU) is located in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. It was founded in 1931 but officially opened for classes in 1932. Kabul University is currently attended by approximately 7,000 students, of which 1,700 are women. The university is still recovering from the long period of war and chaos in the country. The main building was rebuilt about 500 meters from the old one, which has almost the same design.
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Kandahar
Kandahār or Qandahār (Pashto/Persian: کندهار or قندهار) (Greek: Alexandria Arachosia) is the second largest city in Afghanistan, with a population of about 450,000. It is the capital of Kandahar province, located in the south of the country at about 1,005 m (3,297 feet) above sea level. The Arghandab River runs along the west of the city. "Kandahar" is the latest modified form of the ancient name Gandhara.
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Karachi
Karachi (: , {{lang-ur|) is the largest city, main seaport and financial centre of Pakistan, and the capital of the province of Sindh. With an estimated population of about 18 million, Karachi is one of the world's largest cities in terms of population, the 13th largest urban agglomeration, the 4th largest metropolitan area in the world, and the 2nd largest city within the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. It is Pakistan's premier centre of banking, industry, and trade and is home to Pakistan's largest corporations, including those involved in textiles, shipping, automotive industry, entertainment, the arts, fashion, advertising, publishing, software development and medical research. The city is a major hub of higher education in South Asia and the wider Islamic world.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ({{lang-ps|), previously known as the North-West Frontier Province (see names of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, located in the north west of the country. It borders Afghanistan to the north-west, Gilgit-Baltistan to the north-east, Azad Jammu and Kashmir to the east, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to the west and south, Balochistan to the south and Punjab and the Islamabad Capital Territory to the south-east.
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Mianwali District
Mianwali () is a District in the north-west of Punjab province, Pakistan. It borders eight districts; Attock District in the north, Chakwal District in the north east, Khushab District in the east and Bhakkar District in the south while Lakki Marwat lies in the west, Kohat and Karak districts in the North west and Dera Ismail Khan District in the southwest.
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Qatar
Qatar ( ; ; local pronunciation: ), also known as the State of Qatar or locally , is an Arab country, known officially as an emirate, in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south; otherwise, the Persian Gulf surrounds the state. A strait of the Persian Gulf separates Qatar from the nearby island nation of Bahrain.
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Russia
Russia (; ), also officially known as the Russian Federation (), is a state in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the United States by the Bering Strait. At , Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than a ninth of the Earth's land area. Russia is also the ninth most populous nation with 142 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning 9 time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources. It has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.
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Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (), commonly known as Saudi Arabia, occasionally spelled '''Sa'udi Arabia''', is the largest Arab country of the Middle East. It is bordered by Jordan and Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south. The Persian Gulf lies to the northeast and the Red Sea to its west. It has an estimated population of 28 million, and its size is approximately . The kingdom is sometimes called "The Land of the Two Holy Mosques" in reference to Mecca and Medina, the two holiest places in Islam. The two mosques are Masjid al-Haram (in Mecca) and Masjid Al-Nabawi (in Medina). The current kingdom was founded by Abdul-Aziz bin Saud, whose efforts began in 1902 when he captured the Al-Saud’s ancestral home of Riyadh, and culminated in 1932 with the proclamation and recognition of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, though its national origins go back as far as 1744 with the establishment of the First Saudi State. Saudi Arabia's government takes the form of an Islamic absolute monarchy. Human rights groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have repeatedly expressed concern about the state of human rights in Saudi Arabia.
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Sindh
Sindh (pronounced : , ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran" (مهران) and "Bab-ul-Islam" (باب الاسلام) ("The Door to Islam"), (This title has never become a public phrases in Pakistan especially in Sindh. Historically it was used by the Arab conquers of Sindh for their entrance in South Asia, which later on used in the official curriculum and history readings by the government schools, madersahs and by Muslim clerics in Pakistan. ) Different cultural and ethnic groups also reside in Sindh, including Urdu-speaking Muslim refugees who migrated to Pakistan from India upon independence, as well as immigrants from other provinces after independence. The neighbouring regions of Sindh are Balochistan to the west and north, Punjab to the north, Gujarat and Rajasthan to the southeast and east, and the Arabian Sea to the south. The main language spoken is Sindhi. The name is derived from the Indus River that courses through it, and was known to the Assyrians (as early as the seventh century BCE) as Sinda, to the Greeks as Sinthus, to the Romans as Sindus, to the Persians as Abisind, to the Arabs as Al-Sind, and to the Chinese as Sintow. To the Javanese the Sindhis have long been known as the Santri.
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Sweden
Sweden (pronounced , ), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: ), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and water borders with Denmark, Germany, and Poland to the south, and Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Russia to the east. Sweden is also connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.
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Tajikistan
Tajikistan ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Tajikistan (, Jumhurii Tojikiston; , Respublika Tadzhikistan; Jomhuri-ye Tajikestan), is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east. Tajikistan also lies adjacent to Pakistan and the Gilgit-Baltistan region, separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor.
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Thailand
Thailand ( or ; Ratcha Anachak Thai, ), formerly Siam (, ), is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Burma. Its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast and Indonesia and India in the Andaman Sea to the southwest.
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United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) (, , short name: The Emirates, local short name: Al Emarat الامارات) is a federation situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Iran. The UAE consists of seven states, termed emirates, (because they are ruled by Emirs) which are Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain, Ras al-Khaimah and Fujairah. The capital and second largest city of the United Arab Emirates is Abu Dhabi. It is also the country's center of political, industrial, and cultural activities.
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United Kingdom
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United States
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Tim Speaks Pashto/ټیم په پښتو خبری کوی
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- Duration: 2:06
- Published: 21 Dec 2011
- Updated: 15 Mar 2012
- Author: PolyglotPal
Practicing Pashto -- spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan -- after three weeks. Any feedback is great!
http://wn.com/Tim_Speaks_Pashto/ټیم_په_پښتو_خبری_کوی
Mata Khatuna pa Pukhto ke lika - Irfan Khan - Pashto
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:57
- Published: 24 Jun 2007
- Updated: 15 Feb 2012
- Author: CarterKhan
Another excellent song by Irfan Khan emphasizing on the Pashto Language!
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Hungama 2003 Full Hindi movie Pashto version
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Ismail shahid full comedy Pashto Drama AKU BAKU part 1
Pashto Comedy Drama Music Ismail Shahid and Khurshid Jehan are the best pair For pashto language and I LOVE BOTH of them. just love pashto pashtonistan and pakhtoonkhwa pashto Drama of Ismail Shahid '' pashto drama Mastana'' just watch it also a very very funny drama 03337847102 pukhtu pashto pakhto funny drama comedy Haroon bacha Ismail shahid Nazia iqbal wagma Nagma Sardar ali takker tahir ferooz pashto pakhto pushto pukhto quetta pakistan pishin kakar darwaish kakar shahnsha bacha Shafe Isar Gull Agha kakar Noor jehan khurshid jehan sidra noor nashnas salma shah ghazala javed tariq shahid Mtshahid grana laila.
http://wn.com/Ismail_shahid_full_comedy_Pashto_Drama_AKU_BAKU_part_1
Ghani Khan Sardar Ali Takar Super hits Pashto song
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- Duration: 4:45
- Published: 22 Jun 2009
- Updated: 13 Feb 2012
- Author: Shamshad1965
Afghan music pashto
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che tata na jaram raba pashto naat by noman full (HD)
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- Duration: 4:40
- Published: 22 Sep 2010
- Updated: 26 Feb 2012
- Author: LUCK4YOU2010
uploaded by Www.youtube.com/luck4you2010 Noman_dx50@yahoo.com
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Ismail shahid full comedy Pashto Drama AKU BAKU part 6
saed Rahman sheno. sayed Rehaman Shino. Nadia gull, Nazer Mouhmmad, Casts, Pashto Comedy Drama Music Ismail Shahid and Khurshid Jehan are the best pair For pashto language and I LOVE BOTH of them. just love pashto pashtonistan and pakhtoonkhwa pashto Drama of Ismail Shahid '' pashto drama Mastana'' just watch it also a very very funny drama 03337847102 pukhtu pashto pakhto funny drama comedy Haroon bacha Ismail shahid Nazia iqbal wagma Nagma Sardar ali takker tahir ferooz pashto pakhto pushto pukhto quetta pakistan pishin kakar darwaish kakar shahnsha bacha Shafe Isar Gull Agha kakar Noor jehan khurshid jehan sidra noor nashnas salma shah ghazala javed tariq shahid Mtshahid grana laila kakaran. Darwaish Kakar
http://wn.com/Ismail_shahid_full_comedy_Pashto_Drama_AKU_BAKU_part_6
Bahram jan Gharanai sandara
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- Duration: 12:02
- Published: 10 Dec 2011
- Updated: 04 Mar 2012
- Author: Musafarpaktiawal2
PashTo and Dari Remix song Yaare Bewafa Video Paktia Raod NAZIA IQBAL NICE SONG khaista Tappe "OGC Nice" "ARY ONE" Farsi New Song Khan Songs Pakistan Iqbal Drama Jan Mast Swat Dubai Pashtun Tajikistan Kandahar Taliban Persia Uzbekistan Sad Nice Dance Mal Girl "Pashto Language" Cool Dancing...
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pakhto shere
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:24
- Published: 14 Oct 2007
- Updated: 25 Feb 2012
- Author: noorzaikhan
a nice peot of jahani by khpalwalk
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Shrek in Pushto (for all who understand pushto language)
Khrash Prash - Shrek in Puhto (for all who understand pushto, its very funny) must watch :)
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New by Khumariyaan 2012
"Pashto new song 2011" kabul, peshawar. Afganistan PAKHTOONs DEDICATED TO AFGHANISTAN, JALALABAD, KABUL,PAKIA, LAGHMAN,HILMAND,PTV NATIONAL, ARY ONE WORLD,THE MUSIC, MTV, SHAMSHAD TV, TULU, TOLO, LAMAR, KHYBER AGENCY,WAZIRISTAN AGENCY,MIRALI,BANNU,KARAK,DIKHAN,LUCKY MARWAT,KOHAT,PESHAWAR,BHATKH...
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Afghan/Pashto Nan Shpa da Wada, Aryan khan attan
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- Duration: 6:19
- Published: 12 Apr 2007
- Updated: 15 Mar 2012
- Author: sweetdollie
afghan/pashto song by Aryan khan. nan shpa da wada shpa da. Brothers and sisters please do NOT use abusive language or fight. Any comment with bad language will be deleted. Peace out.
http://wn.com/Afghan/Pashto_Nan_Shpa_da_Wada,_Aryan_khan_attan
Pashto: Alphabets
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- Duration: 8:10
- Published: 06 Jan 2009
- Updated: 01 Mar 2012
- Author: LearnPashto
Pashto: Alphabets
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Pashto New Latest Song 2011 (Pekhawar kho Pekhawar de kana--In New Style)
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- Duration: 6:26
- Published: 28 Aug 2010
- Updated: 14 Mar 2012
- Author: usafzai2008
Even the English are now Rekconing Pekhawar Kho Pekhawar De kana----- Pashto song performed at University of Wisconsin's South Asia Summer Language Institute, All-Language Day, July 2010. Performed by Brian Tilley and Ted Watter. Based on version by Irfan Khan. Recorded by SASLI program staff.
http://wn.com/Pashto_New_Latest_Song_2011_Pekhawar_kho_Pekhawar_de_kana--In_New_Style
Pashto Urdo Sindhi Balochi Panjabi Mix Best Dhol
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Dholl Pashto Urdo Sindhi Balochi Panjabi Mix Best Dhol Pashto Urdo Sindhi Balochi Panjabi Mix Best Dhol
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Gulzar Alam Ajmal Khattak pashto Afghan nice song 2009 cherta che baran de Khday
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- Duration: 8:04
- Published: 21 May 2009
- Updated: 11 Mar 2012
- Author: ZalmaiPakhton
Afghanistan today pashton poor ppl. pleas we need to be united. afghan pashto gulzar alam ajmal khattak khatak shaher pashtonkhoow pakhton ghani khan rahman baba duran ahmad shah baba
http://wn.com/Gulzar_Alam_Ajmal_Khattak_pashto_Afghan_nice_song_2009_cherta_che_baran_de_Khday
pashto song dedicated to the patriotic pashtuns
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- Duration: 5:51
- Published: 20 May 2007
- Updated: 15 Mar 2012
- Author: pashtunkhwa
pashto song dedicated to the patriotic pashtuns
http://wn.com/pashto_song_dedicated_to_the_patriotic_pashtuns
pashto song dedicated to DIEHARD PASHTUN/AFGHAN DR.NAJIB
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- Duration: 3:29
- Published: 20 May 2007
- Updated: 15 Mar 2012
- Author: pashtunkhwa
pashto song dedicated to DIEHARD PASHTUN/AFGHAN DR.NAJIB
http://wn.com/pashto_song_dedicated_to_DIEHARD_PASHTUN/AFGHAN_DRNAJIB
Preda chay loazoona - Rafiq Shinwari - Pashto
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- Duration: 8:05
- Published: 30 Jun 2007
- Updated: 14 Mar 2012
- Author: CarterKhan
An excellence from Amir Hamza Baba Kalam by the greatest singer Rafiq Shinwari.
http://wn.com/Preda_chay_loazoona__Rafiq_Shinwari__Pashto
PAKTIA PASHTO POETRY ( Nakhtar Mushaira Gardez 12th June 2009 ) Part 1
This Mushaira was held in Paktiya Capital Gardez on Friday 12th of June 2009 and was attended by Governor of Paktiya Mr. Juma Khan Hamdard, Representative from Paktiya to the Parliment Ms. Sharifa Zurmati & people throught out the country & Peshawar. Great Poets from all over the country participated in it & it was named as Nakhtar Mushaira Gardez.
http://wn.com/PAKTIA_PASHTO_POETRY__Nakhtar_Mushaira_Gardez_12th_June_2009__Part_1
Pashto: First Grade Lesson 1
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- Duration: 2:13
- Published: 06 Jan 2009
- Updated: 11 Mar 2012
- Author: LearnPashto
Pashto: First Grade Lesson 1
http://wn.com/Pashto_First_Grade_Lesson_1
pashto new attan song by hamayun khan
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- Duration: 5:06
- Published: 29 Nov 2009
- Updated: 15 Mar 2012
- Author: sahilwafa123
pashto new bast attan song by hamayun khan afghan bast attan
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| Coordinates | 20°34′00″N103°40′35″N |
|---|---|
| Name | Pashto |
| Nativename | |
| Pronunciation | |
| Familycolor | Indo-European |
| Fam2 | Indo-Iranian |
| Fam3 | Iranian |
| Fam4 | Eastern Iranian |
| Fam5 | Northeastern |
| Dia1 | Waziri |
| Script | Pashto alphabet |
| Nation | (provincial language in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. and FATA) |
| States | Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran (minor) and by the Pashtun diaspora around the world. |
| Region | South-Central Asia |
| Speakers | estimated 50 to 60 million |
| Agency | Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan |
| Iso1 | ps |
| Iso2 | pus |
| Iso3 | pus |
| Lingua | 58-ABD-a |
| Lc1 | pst | ll1 none |
| Ld1 | Central Pashto |
| Lc2 | pbu | ll2 none |
| Ld2 | Northern Pashto |
| Lc3 | pbt | ll3 none |
| Ld3 | Southern Pashto |
| Notice | IPA }} |
Pashto belongs to the Northeastern branch of the Indo-Iranian language family, although Ethnologue lists it as Southeastern. The number of Pashtuns or Pashto-speakers is estimated 50-60 million people world wide. The Constitution of Afghanistan declares Pashto as one of the two official languages of the country, the other being Dari (Persian).
Geographic distribution
Pashto is a language spoken in South-Central Asia, primarily in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan as well as by the Pashtuns throughout the world.
As the national language of Afghanistan, Pashto is primarily spoken in the east, south and southwest, but also in some northern and western parts of the country. The exact numbers of speakers are unavailable, but different estimates show that Pashto is the mother tongue of 35-60% of the total population of Afghanistan.
In Pakistan, Pashto is the first language of about 15.42% of Pakistan's 170 million people. It is the main language of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and northwestern Balochistan, but also spoken in parts of Mianwali and Attock districts of the Punjab province as well as by Pashtuns who are found living in different cities throughout the country. Modern Pashto-speaking communities are also found in the cities of Karachi and Hyderabad in Sindh.
Other communities of Pashto speakers are found in northeastern Iran, primarily in South Khorasan Province to the east of Qaen, near the Afghan border, and in Tajikistan. There are also communities of Pashtun communities descent in the southwestern part of Jammu and Kashmir.
Sizable Pashto-speaking communities also exist in the Middle East, especially in the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia, as well as in the United States, United Kingdom, Thailand, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Qatar, Australia, Japan and Russia etc.
History
The origin of Pashto language and the Pashtun tribes is unknown. The word "Pashto" derives by regular phonological processes from ''Parsawā-'' "Persian". Nonetheless, the Pashtuns are sometimes compared with the Pakhta tribes mentioned in the Rigveda (1700–1100 BC), apparently the same as a people called ''Pactyans'', described by the Greek historian Herodotus as living in the Achaemenid's Arachosia Satrapy as early as the 1st millennium BC. However, this comparison appears to be due mainly to the apparent, etymologically unjustified, similarity between their names.Herodotus also mentions the Pactyan ''"Apridai"'' tribe but it is unknown what language they spoke. Strabo, who lived between 64 BC and 24 CE, explains that the tribes inhabiting the lands west of the Indus River were part of Ariana and to their east was India. Since the 3rd century CE and onward, they are mostly referred to by the name ''"Afghan"'' (''"Abgan"'') and their language as ''"Afghani"''.
Scholars such as Abdul Hai Habibi and others believe that the earliest Pashto work dates back to Amir Kror Suri in the eighth century, and they use the writings found in Pata Khazana. However, this is disputed by several European experts due to lack of strong evidence. Pata Khazana is a Pashto manuscript claimed to be first compiled during the Hotaki dynasty (1709–1738) in Kandahar, Afghanistan. During the 17th century Pashto poetry was becoming very popular among the Pashtuns. Some of those who wrote Poetry in Pashto are Khushal Khan Khattak, Rahman Baba, Nazo Tokhi and Ahmad Shah Durrani, founder of the modern state of Afghanistan or the Afghan Empire.
Official language of Afghanistan
Before the present day ethno-linguistic situation in South Asia, the Afghan Empire comprised regions on both sides of the Durand Line by which the British colonial power annexed about one third of Afghanistan. The border created a buffer zone and was drawn through the Pashtun areas of settlement leaving the larger part of them in what was to become Pakistan.Pashto (since 1936) and Dari (Persian) are the two official languages of Afghanistan. Persian, however, was the only official language until the 1930s, and it still serves as the lingua franca of the country.
Since the early 18th century, all the kings of Afghanistan were ethnic Pashtuns except for Habibullah Kalakani, and most of them bilingual although Amānullāh Khān spoke Pashto as his second language. Persian as the literary language of the royal court was more widely used in government institutions while Pashto was spoken by the Pashtun tribes as their native tongue. Amanullah Khan began promoting Pashto during his reign as a marker of ethnic identity and a symbol of "official nationalism" leading Afghanistan to independence after the defeat of the British colonial power in the Third Anglo-Afghan War. In the 1930s, a movement began to take hold to promote Pashto as a language of government, administration and art with the establishment of a Pashto Society ''Pashto Anjuman'' in 1931 and the inauguration of the Kabul University in 1932 as well as the formation of the Pashto Academy ''Pashto Tolana'' in 1937. Although officially strengthening the use of Pashto, the Afghan elite regarded Persian as a "sophisticated language and a symbol of cultured upbringing". King Zahir Shah thus followed suit after his father Nadir Khan had decreed in 1933, that both Persian and Pashto were to be studied and utilized by officials. In 1936, Pashto was formally granted the status of an official language with full rights to usage in all aspects of government and education by a royal decree under Zahir Shah despite the fact that the ethnically Pashtun royal family and bureaucrates mostly spoke Persian. Thus Pashto became a national language, a symbol for Afghan nationalism.The status of official language was reaffirmed in 1964 by the constitutional assembly when Afghan Persian was officially renamed to Dari. The lyrics of the national anthem of Afghanistan are in Pashto.
Regional language in Pakistan
In Pakistan, Pashto is the regional language of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. In 1984, Pashto was permitted to be used as the medium of instruction in primary schools.
Grammar
Pashto is an SOV (subject–object–verb) language with split ergativity. Adjectives come before nouns. Nouns and adjectives are inflected for two genders (masc./fem.), two numbers (sing./plur.), and four cases (direct, oblique I, oblique II and vocative). The verb system is very intricate with the following tenses: present, simple past, past progressive, present perfect and past perfect. There is also an inflection for the subjunctive mood. In any of the past tenses (simple past, past progressive, present perfect and past perfect), Pashto is an ergative language; i.e., transitive verbs in any of the past tenses agree with the object of the sentence.
Phonology
Vowels
{|class="wikitable" ! !Front !Central !Back |-align=center !Close | || || |-align=center !Mid | | | |-align=center !Open | | | |}Pashto also has the diphthongs .
Consonants
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! ! Labial ! Dental ! Alveolar ! Retroflex ! Post-alveolar ! Palatal ! Velar ! Uvular ! Glottal |-align=center ! Nasal | | | | | | | | |-align=center ! Plosive | | | | | | | | | |-align=center ! Affricate | | | | | | | | | |-align=center ! Fricative | | | | | | | | | |-align=center ! align="left" | Approximant | | | | | | | | | |-align=center ! Rhotic | | | | | | | | | |- |}The phonemes tend to be replaced by .
The retroflex lateral flap () is pronounced as retroflex approximant when final.
The retroflex fricatives and palatal fricatives represent dialectally different pronunciations of the same sound, not separate phonemes. In particular, the retroflex fricatives, which represent the original pronunciation of these sounds, are preserved in the southern/southwestern dialects (especially the prestige dialect of Kandahar), while they are pronounced as palatal fricatives in the west-central dialects. Other dialects merge the original retroflexes with other existing sounds: The southeastern dialects merge them with the postalveolar fricatives , while the northern/northeastern dialects merge them with the velar phonemes in an asymmetric pattern, pronouncing them as (not ). Furthermore, according to Henderson (1983), the west-central voiced palatal fricative actually occurs only in the Wardak Province, and is merged into elsewhere in the region.
The velars followed by the close back rounded vowel assimilate into the labialized velars .
Vocabulary
In Pashto, most of the native elements of the lexicon are related to other Eastern Iranian languages; those words can be easily compared to those known from Avestan, Ossetic and Pamir languages. However, a remarkably large number of words are special to Pashto. Post-7th century borrowings came primarily from the Arabic, Persian and Hindustani languages (Pakistan), with the modern educated speech borrowing words from English, French, and German.
Writing system
Pashto employs the Pashto alphabet, a modified form of the Persian alphabet which on its part is derived from the Arabic alphabet. The reason for this is because, it is not a Semitic language, and thus it is modified. It has extra letters for Pashto-specific sounds. Since the 17th century Pashto has been primarily written in the Naskh script, rather than the Nasta'liq script used for neighboring Persian and Urdu languages. The Pashto alphabet consists of 45 letters, and 4 diacritic marks. The following table gives the letters' isolated forms, along with IPA values for the letters' typical sounds: {| align=center cellpadding=4 style="text-align:center;" |- ||||||||||||||||||||||| |- ||||||||||||||||||||| |- ||||||||||||||||| / |||| |- ||||||||||||||||||||| |}Pashto is written from right to left.
Dialects
Pashto has two main dialects: a softer dialect spoken in the south, and a harsher dialect in the north. The former is further divided into southwestern and southeastern dialects, and the latter into northwestern (also called central or Ghiljai dialect) and northeastern. It is dominated by the geographical spread of the shift in the pronunciation of these five consonants:{|class=wikitable !align = "left"|Southwest |align = "center"| |align = "center"| |align = "center"| |align = "center"| |align = "center"| |- !align = "left"|Southeast |align = "center"| |align = "center"| |align = "center"| |align = "center"| |align = "center"| |- !align = "left"|Central |align = "center"| |align = "center"| |align = "center"| |align = "center"| |align = "center"| |- !align = "left"|Northeast |align = "center"| |align = "center"| |align = "center"| |align = "center"| |align = "center"| |}
The morphological differences between the most extreme north-eastern and south-western dialects are comparatively few and unimportant, and the criteria of dialect differentiation in Pashto are primarily phonological.
See also
Notes and references
Bibliography
External links
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| Coordinates | 20°34′00″N103°40′35″N |
|---|---|
| name | Ghani Khan - غني خان |
| alt | غني خان |
| birth name | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| birth date | 1914 |
| birth place | Hashtnagar, |
| death date | 1996 |
| resting place | Charsadda |
| nationality | Pakistani |
| ethnicity | Pakhtun |
| citizenship | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| other names | Abdul Ghani Khan, Ghani Baba, Ghani Dada and Ghani Malang |
| known for | Poetry |
| notable works | [Da Panjre Chaghar, The Pathans, Da Ghani Latoon]] |
| home town | Peshawar |
| title | Baba, Dada |
| religion | Sunni, Muslim |
| footnotes | }} |
Life
Khan Abdul Ghani Khan was born in Hashtnagar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (then NWFP), British India, modern day Charsadda, Village Utmanzai, Pakistan, the son of the Red-Shirt Leader Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and older brother of Khan Abdul Wali Khan. His wife Roshan came from a Parsi family and was the daughter of Nawab Rustam Jang. He went to study at the art academy at Rabindranath Tagore’s university in Shantiniketan and developed a liking for painting and sculpture. He visited England and studied sugar technology in the United States, after which he returned to India and started working at the Takht Bhai Sugar Mills in 1933. Largely owing to his father’s influence, he was also involved in politics, supporting the cause of the Pashtuns of British India. He was arrested by the Government of Pakistan in 1948 – although he had given up politics by then – and remained in prison till 1954, in various jails all over the country. It was during these years that he wrote his poem collection ''Da Panjray Chaghaar'', which he considered the best work of his life. His contribution to literature (often unpublished) was ignored by the Pakistan government for much of his life although near the end of his life his works did receive much praise and as well as an award from the Government of Pakistan. For his contributions to Pukhto literature and painting, the President of Pakistan, General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, conferred on him the prestigious award of Sitara-e-Imtiaz (23 March 1980).
Works
Aside from a few poems of his youth and early manhood, Ghani Khan’s poetry, like his temperament, is anti-political. His poem collections include ''Panoos'', ''Palwashay'', ''De Panjray Chaghar'', ''Kullryat'' and ''Latoon''. He also wrote in English; his first book was ''The Pathans'' (1947). His only published work in Urdu was his book titled Khan Sahib (1994).The singular distinction of his poetry – aside from his obvious poetic genius – is a profound blend of knowledge about his native and foreign cultures, and the psychological, sensual, and religious aspects of life.
Quotes & Prose
Ghani Khan's love for nature and the local habitat of the Pashtun people is visible in his work. He wrote
Tribute
After his death, in recognition of his outstanding achievements, the Government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province built a public li and park as a memorial to him on about of land, naming it "Ghani Derai" (the mound of Ghani). The site is an historical mound very near his home, Dar- ul-Aman, and within the confines of his ancestral village, Utmanzai, on the main highway from Razzar to Takht-i-Bhai.
Literature
References
See also
External links
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| Coordinates | 20°34′00″N103°40′35″N |
|---|---|
| name | Aryan Khan |
| birth place | Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan |
| yearsactive | 2002–present |
| occupation | Actor Singer Model |
| homepage | http://www.aryankhan.org }} |
After graduating from high school he studied taekwondo, traveling in Afghanistan, Pakistan and South Korea. At that time he also became interested in performing in front of the camera, and began acting on PTV in Peshawar. He received the Best Performance award for a live performance on ''Beauty and Entertainment Grand Musical Show'' on Mashriq TV.
He has been the host of ''Souk Ghwari Chi Millonar Shi?'', Afghanistan's version of ''Who Wants to be a Millionaire?'', on Shamshad TV since the show began in November 2008. And now later in 2010, the show is aired Ariana TV. Khan also performs a musical number at the beginning of each show, singing about the qualifications necessary to become a millionaire.
References
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| Coordinates | 20°34′00″N103°40′35″N |
|---|---|
| Name | Gulzar Alam |
| Background | solo_singer |
| Born | October 14, 1954 Charsadda, Pakistan |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Label | }} |
Life and career
Gulzar Alam left singing when the fundamentalists Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal came into government in North-West Frontier Province they banned cultural activities and started beating singers and artists.In January 2003 Gulzar was arrested while performing at a private wedding, he was accused of drinking alcohol and rowdy behaviour but was later released, Gulzar said he was "humiliated" by this, however a more serious event took place in April of that year when 27 police officers forced entry to his home and arrested this three sons and a brother. He stopped singing after receiving anonymous letters warning of the consequences of singing in public and started selling property instead, however he eventually fled to Karachi.
However following the elections of February 2008 the secular nationalist Awami National Party replaced the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal and they not only opened Nashtar Hall for cultural activities but invited Gulzar Alam back to singing. Gulzar Alam accepted the invitation wholeheartedly and started his singing career again. In April 2008 Peshawar's Nishtar Hall, the city’s only auditorium for promoting cultural activities, had reopened after five years of closure due to the policies of the previous government - Gulzar was one the artists who performed at the reopening.
Many of his albums can still be found in Pakistani music stores, but the lack of a royalty system keeps him from earning money from their sales.
References
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| Coordinates | 20°34′00″N103°40′35″N |
|---|---|
| Name | Ajmal Khattak |
| Title | President Awami National Party |
| Term start | 1991 |
| Term end | 1999 |
| Predecessor | Wali Khan |
| Predecessor2 | Asfandyar Wali |
| Birth date | September 15, 1925 |
| Death date | February 07, 2010 |
| Birth place | Akora Khattak, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, India |
| Death place | Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwhyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Party | National Awami Party, Awami National Party |
| Residence | Akora Khattak, Nowshera, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa |
| Profession | poet, politician, writer |
| Religion | Islam |
| Footnotes | }} |
Ajmal Khattak ()() (born 15 September 1925, died 7 February 2010) was a Pakistani politician, writer, Pashtun poet, Khudai Khidmatgar, former President of Awami National Party and close friend of the late Khan Wali Khan.
His early student life was marked by active protesting against the British Raj, this was followed by his joining of the Khudai khidmatgar movement and anti-colonial Pashto poetry. Following the partition of India in 1947 he joined the National Awami Party and became a close friend of Abdul Wali Khan.
He served as secretay general of the National Awami Party from 1969-1973. He was defeated by Maulana Abdul Haq in the 1970 general election, however following a crackdown against the Party by the government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Ajmal Khattak fled into exile to Kabul. He returned in 1986 and was elected in 1990 to Pakistan's National Assembly, he was then elected President of the Awami National Party following the retirement of Wali Khan. Following a power struggle in 2000, he briefly formed a breakaway party which was routed in the 2002 election. He rejoined the Awami National Party shortly afterwards and retired from active politics.
Early life
Born in Akora Khattak on September 15, 1925, Ajmal Khattak as a child was greatly influenced by Bacha Khan. By the time he turned 17, he was already an active member of the Quit India Movement (1942). He was a student then at the Government High School, Peshawar, but he left to contribute more to the movement. It was the beginning of a political career that stretched over five decades during which his literary pursuits and education took several painful turns. However, he did return to his studies completing a masters in Persian from Peshawar University. At Islamia College, Peshawar, he was among the pioneers who put Pushto literature on the 'modern' track. Linking it to European literature, particularly English, he was able to give it new direction and was acclaimed as a progressive poet.He has had a long career in both the Indian Independence Movement movement against the British in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (then NWFP) of what was then British India as well as part of the National Awami Party(NAP) in its various incarnations in Pakistan. His early political career began during the Quit India movement after he came under the influence of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement. He was forced to leave the school due to his involvement in the Quit India Movement. As a writer he served as editor of various Newspapers and periodicals, including Anjam, Shahbaz, Adal and Rahber was well as script writer for Radio Pakistan.
Political career
He was defeated in the 1970 election in his home constituency. After the resignation of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa cabinet in protest at President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's dismissal of the Balochistan government led by Sardar Ataullah Mengal, Ajmal Khattak became the Secretary General of the National Awami Party.He was the organizer and stage secretary at the United Democratic Front rally held at Liaquat Bagh Rawalpindi on March 23, 1973, when shots were fired at the UDF leaders, including Khan Abdul Wali Khan. In the general melee that followed, a number of UDF and NAP workers were killed by the authorities in their attempt at ending the rally.
Exile
Since Ajmal Khattak was a prominent figure in the National Awami Party, he was wanted by the Federal Security Force as part of the general crackdown on NAP. In order to avoid arrest and possible torture, he fled into self imposed exile to Afghanistan and stayed there for 16 long years. During this time he was closely associated with the Pakhtunistan movement.During his years in Kabul, Ajmal Khattak was a close confidant of Badshah Khan, and also enjoyed excellent relations with leaders of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, including President Nur Muhammad Taraki, Babrak Karmal and Dr.Mohammad Najibullah. Despite his leftist leanings he opposed Soviet plans to intervene in Pakistan following the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.
Writing and poetry
A committed Marxist-Leninist he was the author of many books in Pashto and had written 13 books in Pushto and Urdu including a ''History of Pushto Literature (in Urdu)'' 'Pakistan Main Qaumi Jamhoori Tehrikin'', ''Da Ghirat Chagha'', ''Batoor'', ''Gul auo Perhar'', ''Guloona auo Takaloona'', ''Jalawatan ki Shairee'', ''Pukhtana Shora'' and ''Da Wakht Chagha''. In 2006, the Torlandi Pukhto Adabi Tolana, Swabi, conferred on Ajmal Khattak the title of Baba-i-Nazam at a big public mushaira.His work has been the subject of renewed interest by the South Asian Studies Department at the University of Pennsylvania, which has translated his works into English.
However, in November 2006, when the government informed him that he was in line for the lucrative award of Sitara-i-Imtiaz, he refused it with a polite note. He was also awarded the Kamal-e-Funn Award 2007 by the Pakistan Academy of Letters.
Return to Pakistan
He ended his exile in 1989 after the Awami National Party (ANP), the successor of the NAP, entered into an electoral alliance with Nawaz Sharif and his Pakistan Muslim League- led Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI). In the general election of October 1990, Ajmal Khattak was elected from his home district of Nowshera to the National Assembly of Pakistan, defeating Tariq Khattak of the Pakistan Peoples Party. These elections also signalled the retirement of Khan Wali Khan after his electoral loss to Maulana Hassan Jan of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam. Ajmal Khattak was elected as the President of the ANP when Khan Wali Khan stepped down from the post.
President of ANP
In the 1993 general elections, Ajmal Khattak lost his reelection bid in Nowshera to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Major General Naseerullah Babar. As a leading critic of the PPP, it was important for the ANP - IJI alliance to have Ajmal Khattak in parliament, and he was therefore nominated to the Senate of Pakistan in March 1994. His two terms as President of the Awami National Party were noted primarily for the close alliance with former opponents, the Muslim League, after the alliance collapsed in January 1998 over the renaming of the province of NWFP to Pakthunkhwa and Khattak role in leading the Awami National party briefly into joining an alliance known as the Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (PONM). The decision to join PONM was made despite strong pressure from party critics who preferred the ANP to ally themselves with a Federal party like the Peoples Party. Eventually, Khattak succumbed to party pressure and the Awami National Party left PONM joining the Grand Democratic Alliance which included the Pakistan Peoples Party.He was ousted as ANP President in 2000, after a protracted power struggle with Nasim Wali Khan, wife of Khan Abdul Wali Khan, triggered by accusations of his closeness to Pervez Musharraf and his criticism of corrupt politicians in a press conference. Deciding to leave the party he briefly led a splinter group called National Awami Party of Pakistan. His Party was routed in the 2002 general elections amidst the religio-political parties alliance, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), sweep of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. After the shock victory of the MMA, he rejoined the Awami National Party after efforts by Khan Wali Khan. He retired from active politics in 2003 and was given the title of party patron in Chief.
Death
Ajmal Khattak, who had been ill since last year, died at a local hospital in Peshawar on Sunday, February 7, 2010. He was 85. He had left politics since long and had been residing at his native village, in Akora Khattak. He was laid to rest a day after his death.
Bibliography
Da Ghairat Chegha, Batoor, Gul Parhar, Guloona Takaloona, Da Ze Pagal Wom?, Zhwand au Fan, Kachkol, Da Afghan Nang, Da Wakht Chegha, Da Zhwand Chegha and Qisa Zama Da Adabi Zhwand. His Urdu works include Jilawatan Ki Sha'iri.
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External links
Category:Awami National Party politicians Category:Pashtun people Category:Pashto poets Category:Pakistani poets Category:Pakistani writers Category:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa politicians Category:Pakistani politicians Category:1925 births Category:Living people
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