Compilation of Pashto newspaper selections is to provide the intermediate student of Pashto with a representative sampling of newspaper selections, accompanied with a body of suitable lexical and grammatical aids aimed at facilitating comprehension, and at bridging the gap between elementary Pashto and the complexities of formal journalistic style.

Presents a thematically indexed bibliography devoted to Afghanistan. Following the pattern established by one of its major data sources, viz, the acclaimed Index Islamicus, both journal articles and book publications are included and indexed.