BBC Pashto

BBC Pashto is the Pashto-language radio service of the BBC World Service, aimed at listeners in Afghanistan and the wider Pashto-speaking region. It broadcasts news bulletins, current affairs, interviews, discussion and feature programmes in Pashto, covering developments in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the rest of the world.

The service has a long history: the BBC has broadcast to Afghanistan for decades, and its Pashto and Dari programmes have been a major source of news there. Over the years the BBC has also worked with partners such as BBC Media Action and the UN refugee agency UNHCR on programmes about topics like refugee return, which may explain the earlier label of this listing. The BBC is a public broadcaster, and its news output follows editorial guidelines on impartiality. The programme schedule is not published in the stream metadata and may change.

The language is Pashto, so it is best suited to Pashto speakers, the Afghan diaspora and anyone following the region. The stream is delivered over https as MP3 at 56 kbps, a low bitrate that keeps speech intelligible while using little data. It plays directly in your browser on RadioKite, and you can add it to your favourites.