page_title: Pashto media
section_title: Pashto radio
hierarchical_section_title: Pashto media / Pashto radio
caption_attribution_description: VIRIN: 090929-A-6365W-021 Abeds, an Afghan local radio personality for the Voice of Maiden, conducts his radio show in the Wardak province of Afghanistan on 29 Sept. 2009.
context_page_description: Pashto media includes Pashto literature, Pashto-language newspapers, magazines, television and radio stations, as well as Pashto films and Pashto internet. Pashto media involves the Pashtuns of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Pashtun diaspora around the world.
context_section_description: Radio Kabul is the official radio station of Afghanistan. The first radio transmitters were installed in Kabul in the 1920s. King Amanullah Khan installed a 200 watt Russian transmitter opejjgandi khan khel
  rating at AM 833 kHz at his Kabul Palace in 1925. The transmitter was replaced in 1931 by King Nadir Khan, and was upgraded during Zahir Shah's reign in 1940 when a new 20 kilowatt transmitter was installed in its place, operating at 600 kHz.
  In the meantime, Radio Pakistan, Peshawar started its programs in 1935. The first word broadcast from the station was Kalma-e-Tauheed. Radio had great importance at the time because there were limited newspapers and no televisions, people listened to radio not only for news but for entertainment purposes as well. Radio has an important role in the lives of the Pashtun people. Since the literacy rate is low among them, every family has a radio set in their house. Even the women in rural areas are informed and entertained by radio.
  Stations like FM Boraq and FM 101 are heard in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The private radio stations usually discuss the problems of youths, and as a result of which they listen to it and owing to this, these private stations get more funds as compared to the stations supervised by the government. Radio Pakistan in Peshawar played a huge role in the development of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Not only does it broadcast entertainment programs but also programs related to the development and welfare of the province. For instance, it broadcasts programs for women development, for health, education, for children, agriculture and so on. Pakistani FM radios which promotes Pashto partially or fully:
  Arman Fm 98.1 in Kabul
  Radio Afghanistan in Kabul
  Radio Azadi FM 100.5 in Kabul
  Kabul Rock FM 108.0 in Kabul
  Spogmai FM 102.2 in Kabul
  FM 91.00 Radio Khyber from Khyber agency
  FM 92.2 Radio Pakhtunkhwa
  FM 92.6 Radio Aman Mardan
  FM 93.00 Radio Dilber, Charsadda
  FM 96.00 Swat
  FM 102.00 Bannu / North Waziristan
  FM 90.7Mhz Hamasha Bahar FM in Nangarhar Province - Afghanistan
  FM 99.9 NAN ( Today ) 99.9 in Nangarhar province - Afghanistan
  FM AMN FM ( Peace ) 96.8 in Nangarhar province - Afghanistan
  FM Muram ( Hope )  Pashto broadcasting
  FM Abasin   Ningarhar
  FM Awoshton  Paktia
  AM Talwasa Sharana  City
  FM Paiwastoon Urzgan
  FM Wronga Kandahar
  FM Zanat Logar
  FM Bost In Helmand
  FM SAMOON in Helmand
  FM Sabawoon In Helmand
  FM Chenar in Khost
  FM NAN in Khost
  FM Mena in Ningarhar
  FM SANGA in Kandahar
  FM Da Hilo Karwan Khost
  FM Suli Paygham Khost
  FM Sharq Nangarhar
  FM Enikas Nangarhar
  FM Nargis Nangarhar
  FM Safa Nangarhar
  FM Nakhtar Kunar
  Radio stations from international religious organizations are also broadcast into the region. These stations tend to focus on community issues with programs about education, children, health and reconciliation.
caption: A local radio personality for the Voice of Maiden in Wardak province of Afghanistan.
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