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I Came Here For A Special Offer

By Spencer on Apr 28th, 2008 at 4:39 pm

I Came Here For A Special Offer»

I actually never set foot in the State Department before today, and sure enough I got lost in between a mini-press conference and a conference-conference. But I did manage to learn something! You know how many people the State Department has in Afghanistan that speak Pashto, the primary Afghan language? Two.

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almostaquantum Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
I often fantasize that there’s an incentive program somewhere to bribe/subsidize/encourage interested students or professionals to study Arabic or Farsi or Pashto or Turkmen, but I’ve never found such a thing. Zany.
ga73 Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
well, in fairness to the State Dept, Dari is the lingua franca of Afghanistan, although Pashto is spoken by a lot of people. I would assume that State has a lot of Dari (aka Farsi or Persian) speakers.
Spencer Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
D’oh! I have played myself. Thanks, ga73. But assume nothing! I will make calls on this tomorrow.
ga73 Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
yeah you’re right– not sure why i should assume anything with the bush admin!

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