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Afghanistan

Iran funding construction of ‘Persian Language’ faculty in Kabul University

2018-12-24

[KhaamaPress] The government of Iran is funding the construction of a faculty in Kabul University dedicated mainly to the studies of ’Persian Language’, it has been reported.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in this regarding between Cultural attaché at the Iranian embassy in Kabul Mohammadreza Maleki and the Chancellor of Kabul University and Adviser Minister to President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani

...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..
on Higher Education Hamidullah Farooqi.

The construction of the faculty of Persian Language and Literature is planned to start from March 2019, according to Iran’s Fars News Agency.

The source further added that during the signing ceremony, the Iranian cultural attaché donated 2,300 textbook titles to Kabul University, stressing that the cooperation will continue in the future.

The books are related to studies on humanities, anthropology, literature, social sciences, economics, management, and computers, the report stated.

Earlier in November, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined that his country will make its utmost efforts to help the Afghan government to successfully hold peace talks in the country.

"The Islamic Theocratic Republic of Iran has always supported peace talks in Afghanistan under the guidance and partnership of the Afghan government and it will use all its capacities to help the Afghan government along this path," Zarif was quoted as saying in Fars News Agency as saying during a meeting with former Afghanistan's Caped President Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
...One of the more egregious mistakes of the post 9-11 era...
in Tehran.

Posted by:trailing wife

#5 Yiddish. PIMF!!

This conversation is one of the reasons I adore this place.

Posted by: trailing wife 2018-12-24 22:51

#4 Dari Pashtun and Farsi are all closely related from the same (Persian) roots.

Like Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish from the same germanic roots.

And Iran's money will be funneled through contracts with someone administrator's "uncle" or "cousin", so everyone gets a cut of the action, just like all outside money anyplace in Hajiville, Ashcanistan.

Posted by: Boss Spoper5850 2018-12-24 10:37

#3 And maybe the Afghans figure they can embezzle some or all of the funds for this Iranian effort.

Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-12-24 04:15

#2 No doubt the Iranians consider Dari to be the equvalent of a hillbilly dialect, Anguper Hupomosing9418, just as the Dutch view Flemish, the French view the various dialects of the Walloons, the Swiss-French, and Montreal, and the Germans all their regional dialects, Yoddish, and the lovely but barbarous effusions of Switzerland and Austria.

Posted by: trailing wife 2018-12-24 01:21

#1 I've been trying to see what/if the differences between Afghan Persian / Dari and Iranian Persian / Farsi are, if any. Rumi d. 1273 in Turkey wrote in Dari but most historians confuse this with Farsi. Some of the meanings in his writings are confused by translators who use Farsi. Pronunciations can be quite different.
An example of the confusion:

Dari plays an important role in Afghan society. It is one of the national languages of the country and is used by roughly 50% of the population. In addition, it represents the primary means of communication between speakers of different languages in Afghanistan. Dari is currently taught in Afghani schools, heard on national radio, and has enjoyed a long and prestigious literary tradition. The current status of Dari in countries where it does not enjoy national status, on the other hand, is less stable. In Iran, for instance, Dari is neither written nor taught in schools and is considered an endangered language. Iranians are gradually giving up Dari to speak/learn Persian, the official language of Iran.

source
The U. of Nebraska before 9/11 offered courses in Dari. To the best of my knowledge, there are no courses in Dari available to the general public taught in the USA at this time.

Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-12-24 01:13

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