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Taliban Removes Persian and Baluchi Languages from the Courtroom Signboard in Nimruz

1st June, 2022 · admin

8am: In a new move, the Taliban group has removed Persian and Baluchi languages ​​from the courtroom signboard in Nimruz province. Nimruz residents have criticized this move of the Taliban, saying that the province has never been a place of ethnic disputes, but the Taliban are trying to create ethnic and linguistic divisions in the

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Baluch, Dari, Ethnic descrimination, Life under Taliban rule, Nimroz, Pashtun Taliban, Pashtunization, Persian |
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Iran launches iFilm2 TV channel for Dari speakers

17th March, 2018 · admin

Press TV March 17, 2018 Building on a notably-successful and long-running first experience, Iran has launched iFilm2 television channel for Dari speakers within and outside the country’s borders. The inauguration ceremony took place on Saturday in the presence of Abdol-Ali Ali-Asgari, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), and Peyman Jebelli, the

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Posted in Art and Culture, Iran-Afghanistan Relations, Society | Tags: Dari, Farsi, Persian |
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Afghanistan’s Persian Linguistic Identity

14th November, 2017 · admin

The Diplomat: Afghanistan has recently been the scene of a debate on what the real name of one of its official languages is. Afghanistan has two official languages, Pashto and Dari. However, most Dari speakers natively call their language Farsi or Persian. According to Radio Free Europe, the dispute over the name of the language was

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, History, Society | Tags: Dari, Farsi, Language, Pashtunization, Pashtuns, Persian |
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BBC name change stirs language row in Afghanistan

5th November, 2017 · admin

Reuters: The BBC is facing an angry reaction in Afghanistan after it changed the name of one of its local language Facebook pages to BBC Dari, the official name of the Afghan version of Persian or Farsi but one rejected by many local Persian speakers. Click here to read more (external link). Related Dari Or Farsi?

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Society | Tags: Dari, Farsi, Language, Persian |

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