Pashto Times

  Page 163 — APPRECIATION OF BRITISH FRIENDSHIP ...about the newly completed agreements and our friendly understandings. He also mentioned that Lord Kimberley had expressed his satisfaction in the House of Lords. All the representatives and officials of my kingdom who were present received a copy of the address of the deputation to which they had all set their seals, and in which they expressed their satisfaction and consent to the agreements and understandings, and their great pleasure and rejoicing at the friendship between the kingdoms of Great Britain and Afghanistan. I again rose to my feet a second time and read this paper to the members of the Mission and the other members of the audience. This day Mir Munshi was not ordered to hide himself, but to write down all these three speeches, of which 2000 copies were published the next day and circulated in the country. I will mention one example, showing what a high value is put upon the friendship of the British nation by my peop...

The Enduring Importance of Radio: A Lifeline for Afghan Refugees in a Digital Divide Keywords : Radio importance, Afghan refugees, refugee repatriation, Pashto radio, digital divide, independent media, MW SW radio, radio for refugees, VOA Pashto, RFE closure, Pashto news, mobile-less refugees Introduction: The Silent Crisis of Disconnected Voices As Pakistan intensifies the repatriation of Afghan refugees , a silent humanitarian crisis brews under the surface— millions of marginalized Afghans , many born or raised in Pakistan, are now being uprooted from communities they’ve long called home. These refugees, due to years of marginalization , lack of education , and economic hardship , remain excluded from the modern digital ecosystem. Smartphones, internet access, and digital news platforms are luxuries they cannot afford. At a time when accurate, independent information is crucial , major broadcasters like Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe (RFE) have either shut dow...