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| | Official Language Policy in Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Unlike the policies of the previous government, the communist regime declared the languages of seven major ethnic groups as national languages. |
 | | After the fall of the communist regime in 1992, due to constant fighting, issues, such as language policy, were non-existent; in part, various factions did fight each other because of linguistic differences. |
 | | “From among the languages of Pashto, Dari, Uzbeki, Turkmani, Baluchi, Pashai, Nuristani, and other languages spoken in the country, Pashto and Dari are the official languages of the state. |
| ccat.sas.upenn.edu /salrc/afghanistan/lgpolicy/JanAfg.html (660 words) |
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