An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan.
1At first the requests were mainly for traditional Afghan Pashtu music.
2She spoke reassuringly to him with her limited Pashtu and thanked him once again.
3Finally, the elder of the two women responded in Pashtu.
4That question was in Pashtu, directed at Ismail and the others, but King answered it.
5Though he didn't speak Pashtu, he knew what Massoud's bodyguards had been interrogating them about.
6As the young Afghan spoke to them in Pashtu, Baba G translated as best he could.
7Though her Pashtu was limited, it was passable.
8Not really, but the sign is written only in Pashtu, not Dari, so the message is pretty clear.
9Shifting her attention back to her patients, Julia employed her limited Pashtu medical vocabulary and completed the exam.
10Pashtu is the language of Pashtuns, the traditional rulers of Afghanistan and the dominant ethnic group of the country.
11His code name was Pashtu and meant "running luck," something Massoud felt his mentor possessed in abundance.
12The Russian smiled back and said in Pashtu, "Tell your brother I will be there in a moment."
13"May God be with thee!" boomed a prisoner's voice in Pashtu.
14He is fluent in seven languages and three of them -Urdu, Pashtu and English -he shares with Faisal Shahzad.
15"And she went up alone?" King murmured aloud in Pashtu.
16As the truck came down hard into yet another pothole, the men in the backseat erupted in a barrage of Pashtu curses.