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| Type | Radio network and website |
|---|---|
| Country | |
| Availability | International |
| Endowment | Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK |
| Owner | BBC |
Launch date | 1981 |
Official website | BBC Pashto |
| Language | Pashto |
BBC Pashto (Pashto: بي بي سي پښتو) is the Pashto-language station of the BBC World Service.[1][2] It was launched in August 1981, and reaches out to the over 50-60 million Pashto speakers in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as the Pashtun diaspora around the world.[3] Nabi Misdaq was its first editor.
- ^ "کورپاڼه - BBC Pashto". BBC Pashto (in Pashto (Afghanistan)). Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "BBC - Home". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "King's College London - Pashto Language Resources". www.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2016.