Afghan literature

[1][2] Influenced by Central and South Asian literature, it is predominantly written in two native and official languages of Afghanistan: Dari and Pashto.

The oldest extant records of the literature are believed derivative of the Nabataean variation of the Aramaic alphabet, dating to the 5th and 6th centuries.

[4][5] Afghanistan's contemporary literature has its deep roots in rich heritage of both oral composition and traditionally written texts.

It is argued that Pashtun poems, including Sher Zaman Taizi's book titled The Field (1988) had played a significant role in literature.

In the modern era, Afghan poets and short story writers are actively engaged in writing poetry, comprising a detained account of literature.

Since Afghanistan has a rich literary identity, folklore and traditional custom songs reveal centuries-old as well as modern Afghan literature.

They encouraged and supported the writers such as Rumi, Jami, Rudaki, Ferdowsi, and Khwaja Abdullah Ansari for writing in Persian language.

By the late 19th century, Pakhtuns sung poetry with music for making it identical to ghazals, a classical Urdu genre.

[6] Mahmud Tarzi was actively involved in promoting Pashto as a national language and providing information and news through Seraj al Akhbar newspaper.

[8][9] Modern women usually write the traditional Afghan poetry form, consisting of two lines of rhyme, called landay.

Some proverbs are categorised by the events occurred in real life or based on imagination facts that temporarily create objects, peoples and ideas without any immediate input of the senses.