Originally spoken by the pashtun people, pashto became the national language of afghanistan in 1936 It is spoken by more than 35 million people, most of whom reside in afghanistan or pakistan Smaller speech communities exist in iran, tajikistan, the united arab emirates, and the united kingdom. Pashto is an iranian language spoken in afghanistan, pakistan, iran, india and other countries by about 40 million people. Pashto is one of two official languages of the islamic republic of afghanistan It is one of the two official languages of afghanistan and holds a status as a regional language in pakistan.
It is one of the two official languages of afghanistan, alongside dari (afghan persian), and is also widely spoken in the khyber pakhtunkhwa province and baluchistan region of pakistan. It is acknowledged as a regional language in pakistan, especially in the regions of khyber pakhtunkhwa and northern baluchistan, and one of the official languages of afghanistan. Pashtuns are spread over a wide geographic area, south of the amu river and west of the indus river They can be found all over afghanistan and pakistan [35] big cities with a pashtun majority include jalalabad, kandahar, bannu, dera ismail khan, khost, kohat, lashkar gah, mardan, ghazni, mingora, peshawar, quetta, among others Pashtuns also live in abbottabad, farah, herat, islamabad, kabul.
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