Qasim Ahmadzai, a Pashtun writer, has emphasized the historical and cultural status of this language in Afghanistan in response to anti-Persianism and the stances taken by some Taliban figures against the Dari Persian language.

Ahmadzai has said that Persian-Dari is only one

It is not an official language, but rather "the bedrock of Afghanistan's thousand-year-old cultural heritage" and is itself a great cultural heritage.

According to him, Dari Persian is the second largest Pashtun language, and the Pashtuns are also considered the second largest ethnic group to inherit this language.

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It is true that none of the ethnic groups in the region, including the Turks, Kurds, Baluchis, and Arabs, have as close a historical and cultural connection to Persian as the Pashtuns.

According to Ahmadzai, Pashtuns are historically and culturally part of the Persian-Dari geography and culture.

They have grown.

This author called the view that each nation has only one native language "colonial thinking" and said that the concept of "national language" is also a nationalist and European phenomenon that took shape in Europe during the period of national romanticism.

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Ahmadzai has emphasized that, unlike the European model of nation-building, Afghanistan is a rich and multilingual society, and every language spoken by the different ethnic groups of this land is considered part of Afghanistan's national identity and heritage.

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He also referred to British policies in the Pashtunkhwa and Balochistan regions, saying that after gaining control of these regions, Britain replaced the Persian-Dari language with Urdu in the educational and administrative systems in order to separate the Pashtuns from Afghanistan.

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He has called on the younger generation of Pashtuns to rebuild their social and cultural outlook based on the true and diverse history of Afghanistan. He has said that European nationalist and colonial theories cannot reflect the complex and diverse history and relations.

Afghanistan.

He concluded by warning that fueling linguistic and ethnic prejudices will not develop Afghanistan, but will instead lead the country towards instability, division, and misery.