“What tyrant has attacked my mountains this year/ When I go to shovel the snow, I pick up only blood.” This verse from a recent Pashto poem written by Mukhtar Orakzai, translated into English, best ...

PESHAWAR: Pashto poet Aitbaar Gul, who was shot dead in Islamabad, was laid to rest in his village in Shah Dhand on Wednesday. He was 45. It is difficult to map out Gul’s literary journey without ...

PESHAWAR: The Readers Club, a group of bibliophiles comprising intellectuals, writers and retired civil servants, arranged a literary session with Abaseen Yousafzai, a noted Pashto poet and author of ...

LANDI KOTAL, Feb 18: Acclaimed Pashto poet and writer Murad Shinwari died of multiple medical problems in his home in Khyber Agency on Saturday. He was 85. He was laid to rest in his hometown Landi ...

29th of May is International Pashto Language Day. It is celebrated every year by different groups and organisations across the world.I have conducted an interview with Pashto language poet and writer ...

With her kohl-rimmed eyes cast down, Nadia lilts through a folk couplet before a secret assembly of women poets on a forbidden subject that often gets people killed in Afghanistan -- love. "Like a ...