BBC Pashto ( ps, بي بي سي پښتو) is the

Pashto Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languages ...

-language station of the

BBC World Service The BBC World Service is an international broadcasting, international broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC, with funding from the Government of the United Kingdom, British Government through the Foreign Secretary, Foreign Secretary's o ...

. It was launched in August 1981, and reaches out to the over 50-60 million Pashto speakers in

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

and

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, as well as the

Pashtun diaspora The Pashtun diaspora comprises all ethnic Pashtuns and their descendants who are living outside of their traditional homeland of Pashtunistan, a historic region that is today situated over parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. While Pashtunistan ...

around the world. Nabi Misdaq was its first editor.

Radio

Initially, the service only broadcast radio programmes - mainly News and current affairs, however, it later expanded by introducing entertainment slots, long form, features, magazines, hard talk and interactive shows such as Stasy Ghag ''Your Voice'' which is still very popular among its audience.

Online

In 2002, BBC Pashto launched its web page ''BBCPashto.com. In recent years they have expanded their presence on the social platform. Now BBC Pashto is available on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and Soundcloud.''

TV

On January the 20th 2014, the section began its 15-minute daily news bulletins - Aired via its partner station in Afghanistan ''

Shamshad TV Shamshad Media Network ( ps, شمشاد) is based in Afghanistan and Dubai. Shamshad Media Network is a private and an Independent network based in Afghanistan which began transmission in 2005. Shamshad Media Network was established to represen ...

'', the bulletin soon became popular and had a weekly audience of around 1.5 million (2015). The transmission time was 1230 GMT/1700 Afg Time. Ismail Miakhail was the launch producer and Emal Pasarly is the editor. In 2015, due to its huge popularity, high demand and growing viewership, the programme was relaunched and rebranded as ''

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Journalists

Mirwais Jalil Mirwais Jalil (1969 – 29 July 1994), was an Afghan journalist for the BBC World Service near Kabul, Afghanistan. Jalil has been praised for being crucial in the BBC's coverage of the Afghanistan civil war and as a highly credible journalist. ...

Nabi Misdaq

Daud Junbish

Ahmed Omaid Khpalwak

Abdul Samad Rohani

Sana Safi Sana Safi (ثنا ساپۍ - born 1989) is an Afghan broadcast journalist, currently working for BBC World News, BBC World Service Early life Sana Safi was born in Kabul and brought up in Kandahar, Helmand Province, Helmand, in Nangarhar Provinc ...

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Journalists

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