Poetry of Afghanistan
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Afghan poetry refers to:
- poetry composed in Afghanistan (Poetry of Afghanistan)
- poetry composed in the Pashto language, the language of ethnic Afghans.[1]
The Poetry of Afghanistan (sometimes also Afghanistani poetry) is written in any of the languages spoken in Afghanistan, but primarily in Persian or Pashto, the two official state languages.
For more information, see:
- Pashto poetry (Afghan poetry)
- Persian poetry / Persian literature
See also:
- ^ Banuazizi, Ali and Myron Weiner (eds.). 1994. The Politics of Social Transformation in Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East), Syracuse University Press. ISBN 0-8156-2608-8 (retrieved 7 June 2006).