Hervey's commission was over, and she left to do a Ph.D. in Afghan poetry. Kirk also retired after 21 years in the Air Force. And the story could have ended there.

Constitutional Standoff. Dari became an official language in Afghanistan in the country's 1964 constitution. Two earlier constitutions in the 20th century had labeled it Farsi.

As the U.S. pulls out of Afghanistan, we look back at a time when Taliban poetry and a local cooking show became part of the war. And the U.S. had the perfect person to fight on that front.

For many rural women in Afghanistan, these secret networks and the poetry broadcasts are their only form of education. U.N. investigations revealed that only 12 percent of Afghan women are literate.

Sher-e Zanan-e Afghanistan (Poetry of Afghan Women). Khavaran Publications. Zanan-e Sokhansara dar Puye-ye Adab-e Dari (Women Poets in Persian Literature). Atta (1986). Sources (quotations in ...

These works by Afghan women, selected by Tehran Bureau, provide readers with the opportunity to observe some of the diverse currents in their poetry. This is FRONTLINE's old website. The content ...

An Afghan Poem Inspires U.S. Students. A Zoom connection between high schoolers in Afghanistan and San Diego opens a window for mutual support. Students of the Mawoud tutoring center in Kabul, ...

The BBC News Afghanistan service in Pashto and Dari has launched a weekly radio programme, Women (Mermen in Pashto, and Zan in Dari). The 30-minute show will go on air at 19:00 Kabul Time in Dari ...

A landay is a traditional two-line Afghan verse form subversively appropriated by Afghan women to express themselves in ways prohibited by their society. Daniel Bosch Published Apr. 6 2014 6:45AM EDT ...

War, sex, love, drones and American soldiers: For Afghanistan’s women poets, nothing is off-limits. Aiming to share poems that give insight into the ...

Australian Afghan cultural figures and artists are worried of their native language and culture to be forgotten by the new generation and kids.

Colin Halloran, a young Afghanistan veteran from New England has written a poetry collection and memoir about his experiences in the war. It's called "Shortly Thereafter." ...