Word: pashtu
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Khalik had just finished inking his thumbprint onto a "Reintegration Agreement," which had been provided by McCullough and the local District Governor, Abdul Manaf, in whose fortified, shabby office we sat. The agreement, which Manaf had read aloud on account of Khalik's illiteracy, was printed in English and Pashtu. (See intimate photos of the war in Afghanistan...
...letter was simple and direct. "To the brave and honorable people of the Mehsud tribe," it started, in both Urdu and Pashtu, the two languages of Pakistan's troubled tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan. "The operation [by the Pakistan army] is not meant to target the valiant and patriotic Mehsud tribes but [is] aimed at ridding them of the elements who have destroyed peace in the region." Dropped from helicopters above the mountain scrubland of South Waziristan the day before 28,000 Pakistani troops went in to wrest control of a militant stronghold, the letter was signed...
...Ehmal Pasarly of the BBC Pashtu language radio service has been giving live commentary of several of the team's performances to date, including its historic win against Jersey last year in the ICC World Cricket League Division Five final - a feat that put Afghanistan 29th in the international rankings. "During Jersey we received more than two thousand emails and phone calls," he said. "The emails came from all over the world, but most were from Afghans delighted by their team's success." The broadcaster adds that by the time the team played its early World Cup qualifiers in Argentina...
Musicians are suffering too. Wedding parties no longer risk hiring live entertainers, says Ivan Shafiq, a music producer. He estimates that sales of Pashtu music cassettes have fallen by half. "Our music sells in those shops," he says. "If all retail outlets are closing down, the distributors and producers won't give contracts to make albums anymore. And these artists don't know how to do anything else...
...Mohammad Fayaz, a doctor who six years ago derided to follow his lifelong dream of becoming a Pashtu movie direc tor, the recent threats are a new blow to an already unstable industry. Indian imports and the rise of cable television have eroded box-office takes for several years. People worry that cinema halls will be the next target of extremists, he says. "The industry has been in a long fall Then the bombs crashed the business." Nonetheless, he intends to keep directing movies as long as he is able. "Movies are my addiction," he says. His next film...