English Proverbs (A) پښتو متلونه

B

(428) Back again, like a bad penny.
(٤٢٨) بد عادتونه په اسانۍ سره نه ځي.
(429) Bad company is the devil’s net.
(٤٢٩) خراب ملګري د شېطان جال دى.
(430) Bad counsel confounds the adviser.
(٤٣٠) څوک چې اسمان ته لاړې توکي بېرته په هغه راپرېوځي.
(431) Bad customs are better broken up than kept up.
(٤٣١) د بدو رواجونو د پوره کولو نه پرېښودل غوره دي.
(432) Bad excuses are worse than none.
(٤٣٢) د درواغجنو بهانو نه يو “نه” ښه دى.
(433) Bald heads are soon shaven.
(٤٣٣) چې بخت خراب شي مصيبت صبر نه کوي.
(434) Barking dogs seldom bite.
(٤٣٤) چې ډېرې غوريږي هغه ورېږي نه.
(435) Bashfulness is an enemy to success.
(٤٣٥) په شرع کې شرم نيشته.
(436) Be a friend to thyself and others will be so too.
(٤٣٦) عزت کوه عزت به دې کېږي.
(437) Be always in time, too late is a crime.
(٤٣٧) چې ناوخته يې بدبخته يې.
(438) Be it weal or be it woe, it shall not be always so.
(٤٣٨) وختونه بدلېږي رابدلېږي، کله درياب کله کرياب.
(439) Be not ashamed of your handicraft.
(٤٣٩) په کار کې شرم نيشته.
(440) Be not the first to quarrel, nor the last to make it up.
(٤٤٠) په جنګ کې پېل مه کوه او په صلح کې ځنډ.
(441) Be spring in praising and more so in blaming.
(٤٤١) د چا ستاينه په احتياط کوه او نيوکه د هغې نه هم په زيات احتياط.
(442) Be surety, and danger is at hand.
(٤٤٢) ضمانت کې خطره خو وي.
(443) Be never so high, the law is above you.
(٤٤٣) د سر د پاسه سر شته.
(444) Bear and forbear.
(٤٤٤) د صبر مېوه خوږه وي.
(445) Beat the dot before the lion.
(٤٤٥) اول د مخامخ خطرې نه ځان خلاص کړه.
(446) Beauty and folly are often companion.
(٤٤٦) ښايست اکثر احمق وي.
(447) Beauty has a short date.
(٤٤٧) ښايست د ژمي ماځيګر دى تېر به شينه.
(448) Beauty is blossom.
(٤٤٨) د ګل عمر دوه ورځې وي.
(449) Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent.
(٤٤٩) ښکلا کې قوت شته خو د دولت قوت ته نه رسي.
(450) Beauty without grace is a violet without smell.
(٤٥٠) ښايست بې کماله لکه ګل بې خوشبويه.
(451) Bees that have honey in their mouth have stings in their tails.
(٤٥١) د ګل سره ازغي خامخا وي.
(452) Before old age my care was to live well, in old age, to die well.
(٤٥٢) په ځوانۍ کې د ښه ژوند او په پيرۍ کې د ښه مرګ فکر وي.
(453) Beggar’s bags are bottomless.
(٤٥٣) د سوالګر خېټه نه ډکېږي.
(454) Beggars must be no choosers.
(٤٥٤) زه دې دوکان ته نه پرېږدم ته وايې چې درانه يې وتله.
(455) Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.
(٤٥٥) چې چېرې وسې په مذهب به د هغو شې.
(456) Believe that you have it, and you have it.
(٤٥٦) قناعت ستر دولت دى.
(457) Believe well and have well.
(٤٥٧) ښه کوه ښه به درسره کېږي.
(458) Bells call others to church, but enter not in themselves.
(٤٥٨) ملا بل ته مسئلې کوي پخپله پرې حملې کوي.
(459) Benefits please like flowers, while they are fresh.
(٤٥٩) ښه ژر هېرېږي.
(460) Best is best.
(٤٦٠) ښه ښه وي.
(461) Best is cheapest.
(٤٦١) چې نه پوهېږې ښه شى اخله.
(462) Best to bend while it’s twig.
(٤٦٢) عادتونه په ماشوموالي کې بدلېدى شي.
(463) Betrayers are hatred even by those whom they benefit.
(٤٦٣) غدار د هر چا بدي شي.
(464) Better a good expectation than a mean possession.
(٤٦٤) دنيا په امېد ولاړه ده.
(465) Better a penny with right than a thousand without.
(٤٦٥) يوه روپۍ حلاله د يو لک حرامو روپيو نه ښه ده.
(466) Better be alone than in ill company.
(٤٦٦) بدو خلکو سره د کېناستو نه ځانله ښه يې.
(467) Better be born lucky than wise.
(٤٦٧) عقل مه غواړه طالع غواړه رحمانه، عقلمند د طالعمنو نوکران دي.
(468) Better be half-hanged than ill-wed.
(٤٦٨) د بدلمنې ښځې نه لونډ ښه يې.
(469) Better be idle than ill-employed.
(٤٦٩) د بد کار کولو نه بېکاره ښه يې.
(470) Better be proficient in one art than smattered in a hundred.
(٤٧٠) په سلو کارونو کې د سر نښلولو نه د يو کار بشپړول ښه دي.
(471) Better deny at once than promise long.
(٤٧١) د نه پوره کېدونکو وعدو کولو نه “نه” کول ښه دي.
(472) Better do it than with it done.
(٤٧٢) د يو کار په باره کې د سوچ کولو نه ښه دا ده چې هغه کار وکړې.
(473) Better die once for all than live in continual terror.
(٤٧٣) د هرې ورځې د وېرې ډار نه مرګ ښه دى.
(474) Better go about than fall in a ditch.
(٤٧٤) په نېغه لار ځه که اوږده هم وي.
(475) Better go back than go wrong.
(٤٧٥) په غلطه لار د وړاندې تلو نه بېرته ستنېدل ښه دي.
(476) Better go to bed supperless than rice in debt.
(٤٧٦) په پور د خوړلو نه نهر ويده کېدل ښه دي.
(477) Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery.
(٤٧٧) د ناروا ګټې نه غريب ښه يې.
(478) Better go without medicine than call in an unskillful physician.
(٤٧٨) نيمچه حکيم پوره خطر دى.
(479) Better half an egg than an empty shell.
(٤٧٩) د خالي لوښي نه نيمه اګۍ هم ښه ده.
(480) Better ill-fed than ill-bred.
(٤٨٠) نهر ښه يې خو نه بې لارې.
(481) Better lose a jest than lose a friend.
(٤٨١) د داسې ټوکې کولو نه يې نه کول ښه دي چې دوست پرې خفه شي.
(482) Better short of pence than short of sense.
(٤٨٢) بې پېسو ښه يې نه بې عقله.
(483) Better still rise and fall.
(٤٨٣) د خپل څادر سره پښې غځول ښه دي.
(484) Better small fish than an empty dish.
(٤٨٤) د خالي لوښي نه ښه دا ده چې څه خو پکښې وي.
(485) Better suffer for truth than prosper by falsehood.
(٤٨٥) د حق زحمت د درواغو د راحت نه ښه دى.
(486) Better suffer ill than do ill.
(٤٨٦) غم په خپله زغمه نورو ته يې مه ورکوه.
(487) Better the feet sleep than the tongue.
(٤٨٧) د پښې ښويېدل ښه دي نه د ژبې.
(488) Better thou perish than truth.
(٤٨٨) د حق په لار کې د مرګ نه مه ويرېږه.
(489) Better go ask than go astray.
(٤٨٩) په غلطه لار د تللو نه ښه دا ده چې پوښتنه وکړې.
(490) Better to be blind than to see ill.
(٤٩٠) د بد نظر د اچولو په ځاى ړوند ښه يې.
(491) Better to die a beggar than live a beggar.
(٤٩١) د ذلت د ژوند نه مرګ ښه دى.
(492) Better to trust in God than in His saints.
(٤٩٢) په وليانو د عقيدې نه ښه دا ده چې په خداى عقيده وساتې.
(493) Better untaught than ill-taught.
(٤٩٣) د خراب تعليم نه بې تعليمه ښه يې.
(494) Between the devil and the deep sea.
(٤٩٤) چې نه مخکې لار لرې او نه وروسته تلى شې.
(495) Beware of a silent dog and still water.
(٤٩٥) د ژمي په لمر او د دښمن په خندا اعتبار نشته.
(496) Beware of him who regards not his own reputation.
(٤٩٦) چې د ځان عزت نه پېژني نو د بل به څه وپېژني؟
(497) Beware of no man more than thyself.
(٤٩٧) ښه او بد دې په خپل لاس کې دي.
(498) Beware of one who flatters unduly; he will also censury unjustly.
(٤٩٨) چې څوک دې هيڅ بې هيڅه ستاينې کوي هغه به دې هيڅ بې هيڅه بد هم وايي.
(499) Birds of feather flock together.
(٤٩٩) کوتره له کوترې سره او باز له باز سره.
(500) Black is the badge of hell.
(٥٠٠) تورتم د دوزخ نخښه ده.
(501) Black will take no other hue.
(٥٠١) په تور بل رنګ نه خېژي.
(502) Blame is the lazy man’s wages.
(٥٠٢) د ناراسته سړي معاش څه؟ خبرې!
(503) Blind zeal only does harm.
(٥٠٣) ړوند جذباتيت د زيان سبب جوړېږي.
(504) Blood is thicker than water.
(٥٠٤) لاس چې مات شي خپلې غاړې له ځي.
(505) Blow will answer blows.
(٥٠٥) د سُوک ځواب په سُوک.
(506) Blushing is virtue’s colour.
(٥٠٦) شرم د حيا نخښه ده.
(507) Bodies devoid of mind are as statues in the market-place.
(٥٠٧) د بې عقله سړي مثال د بُت دى.
(508) Bodily labour earns not much.
(٥٠٨) په مزدورۍ څه کېږي.
(509) Bones for those who come late.
(٥٠٩) ناوخته کولو کې تاوان دى.
(510) Books and friends should be few and good.
(٥١٠) کتابونه او دوستان لږ خو ښه ساته.
(511) Borrowed cats catch no mice.
(٥١١) د سوال په اوبو جرنده نه ګرځي.
(512) Brave actions never want a trumpet.
(٥١٢) ښه کارونه څوک د نوم لپاره نه کوي.
(513) Bright to sight, heart’s delight.
(٥١٣) کوم شى چې په زړه ښه ولګي هغه زړه خوشحالوي.
(514) Bring not a bagpipe to a man in trouble.
(٥١٤) په زهيرو زړونو ګوتې مه وهه.
(515) Broken sacks will hold no corn.
(٥١٥) مات شوي زړونه نه روغېږي.
(516) Brothers quarrel like thieves inside a house, but outside their swords leap out in each other’s defense.
(٥١٦) ورونه که د کور دننه د يو بل وينې هم وڅکي خو له کوره بهر بيا د يو بل ملاتړ ته رادانګي.
(517) Building and marrying of children are great wasters.
(٥١٧) په کور جوړولو او واده کولو پېسې خو لګي.
(518) Bullies are generally cowards.
(٥١٨) څوک چې لاپې وهي هغه ډارن وي.
(519) Burns not your hose to fright away the mice.
(٥١٩) په سپږه پسې لمڅى سوځول.
(520) Business neglected, business lost.
(٤٢٠) په کار کې بې پرواهي کار له منځه وړي.
(521) Business is the salt of life.
(٥٢١) د ژوند خوند خو په کار دى.
(522) But one egg and that too addled.
(٥٢٢) يوه ها او هغه هم سخا!
(523) Buy what you do not want, and you will sell what you cannot spare.
(٥٢٣) چې بې ضرورته شيان دې اخيستل نو د ضروري شيانو خرڅولو ته به اړ کېږې.
(524) Buyers want a hundred eyes; sellers none.
(٥٢٤) اخيستونکى خپل زړه ته ګوري، خرڅوونکى خپل ته.
(525) By taking always out and never putting in, the bottom is soon reached.
(٥٢٥) چې خوراک وي او ګټه نه وي د قارون خزانه هم ختمېږي.
(526) By doing nothing we learn to do ill.
(٥٢٦) د وزګار په مزغو کې شېطان ناست وي.
(527) By losing present time we lose all time.
(٥٢٧) وخت له لاسه ورکول هر څه له لاسه ورکول دي.
(528) By other’s faults wise men correct their own.
(٥٢٨) عقل د کم عقلو نه زده کېږي.
(529) By time all things are produced and judged.
(٥٢٩) وخت ښه قاضي دى.
(530) By trying the Greeks got into try.
(٥٣٠) په همت هر څه کېږي.
(531) By bearing with others, you shall be borne with.
(٥٣١) څه چې کرې هغه به رېبې.
(532) By his very concealment he added fame to fame.
(٥٣٢) مشهور چې ورک شو نور مشهور شو.

متلونه په هره ژبه کې وي او د ژبې خوند بلل کېږي. په ليکنه کې هم ځاى په ځاى د متلونو او محاورو کارول ليکنه په زړه پورې کوي او لوستونکى ځان ته راکاږي. کوم ليکوال چې د ژبې په متلونو او محاورو برلاسى وي هغه ډېرې لاسته راوړنې لري. لاندې ما د انګليسي ژبې متلونو او محاورو ته د هماغې مانا پښتو متلونه او محاورې ليکلې دي. د دې متلونو ټولوونکى اصلاً يو اردوژبى ليکوال دى او ما هم د هماغه کتاب څخه پښتو بڼه ورکړې ده. دا مهال زه په يو بل داسې کتاب کار کوم چې د انګليسي سيندونو څخه د انګليسي متلونه او محاورې راغونډوم او د پښتو متلونه او محاورې ورسره يو ځاى کوم، بيا يې د تشريح او بېلګو سره ليکم. ډېر ژر به دغه په کتابي بڼه خپور شي.

Learning Pashto Online: Useful information

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(1) A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
(١) د بدو به بد مومې.
(2) A bad cat deserves a bad rat.
(٢) چې څنګه تيږه هغسې يې کربوړى.
(3) A bad cook licks his own fingers.
(٣) ناپوهه اشپز خپلې ګوتې څټي.
(4) A bad daughter-in-law is worse than a thousand devils.
(٤) د بدې ننګور نه زر بلاوې ښې.
(5) A bad husband cannot be a good man.
(٥) بد مېړه ښه سړى نشي کېدلى.
(6) A bad Jack may have as bad as Jill.
(٦) هره ښځه درخانۍ ده چې مېړه يې ادم خان وي.
(7) A bad neighbour is as great an evil as a good neighbour is an advantage.
(٧) د بد ګاونډي تاوان هم هومره ډېر څومره چې د ښه ګاونډي ګټه ډېره.
(8) A bad mind, a bad disposition.
(٨) چې زړه بد نو طبيعت هم بد.
(9) A bad thing never dies.
(٩) د بدۍ مرګ چرته؟
(10) A bad way has a bad end.
(١٠) د بدو انجام بد.
(11) A barber learns to shave by shaving fools.
(١١) عقل د کم عقلو نه زده کېږي.
(12) A bargain is after all a bargain.
(١٢) خپلې خبرې نه تښتېدل د پښتون کار نه دى.
(13) A bean in liberty is better than a comfit in a prison.
(١٣) د غلامۍ د پلاوونو نه د ازادۍ سوکړک ښه دى.
(14) A big head and little coit.
(١٤) دړۍ سر او چيټاکۍ عقل.
(15) A bird in hand is worth than two in the bush.
(١٥) په خپل لاس کې لږې د بل په لاس کې د ډېرو نه ښې دي.
(16) A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.
(١٦) د نشت نه خو لږ ښه دى.
(17) A black hen lays a white egg.
(١٧) د ښو نه ښه زېږي د بدو نه واښه.
(18) A blind man is no judge of colours.
(١٨) خر د خيد په خوراک څه پېږي!
(19) A blot is no blot until it be hit.
(١٩) عېب چې تر څو پټ وي عېب نه دى.
(20) A blunt wedge will do it, where sometimes a sharp axe will not.
(٢٠) کوم کار چې په پسته کېږي، په سختۍ نه کېږي. (چې په ګوړه مري زهرو ته يې څه حاجت؟)
(21) A book is a friend that never deceives.
(٢١) کتاب داسې دوست دى چې هيڅکله دوکه نه کوي.
(22) A boaster and a liar are cousins.
(٢٢) لاپزن او درواغجن د اکا زامن وي.
(23) A brave retreat is a brave exploit.
(٢٣) د مېړانې شکست هم بهادري ده.
(24) A bribe will enter without knocking.
(٢٤) رشوت هر ځاى کې لاره وباسي.
(25) A bridle for a tongue is a necessary piece of furniture.
(٢٥) ژبه په قابو کې ساتل پکار وي.
(26) A broken sack will hold no corn.
(٢٦) په مات منګي کې اوبه نه ايسارېږي.
(27) A brother is a friend given by nature.
(٢٧) ورور د خداى لخوا جوړ کړاى شوى دوست دى.
(28) Absence sharpens love.
(٢٨) هجران د عشق اور نور هم زياتوي.
(29) A burnt child dreads the fire.
(٢٩) د شيدو سوى مستې پوکوي.
(30) A charitable man is a true love of God.
(٣٠) سخي د خداى دوست دى.
(31) A cheerful wife is the joy of life.
(٣١) خوش اخلاقه ښځه د ژوند ستر نعمت دى.
(32) A chip of the old block.
(٣٢) د يوې سوړې ماران.
(33) A civil denial is better than a rude grant.
(٣٣) په پسته “نه” په سختۍ د “هو” ويلو نه ښه دى.
(34) A close moth catcheth no flies.
(٣٤) بې غوښتنې هيڅ نه ترلاسه کېږي.
(35) A constant guest is never welcome.
(٣٥) هره ورځ تګ راتګ قدر کموي.
(36) A contented mind is a continual feast.
(٣٦) قناعت د هر څه نه لوى دولت دى.
(37) A courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend.
(٣٧) د بې غېرته دوست نه غېرتي دښمن ښه دى.
(38) A covetous man is never satisfied.
(٣٨) د لالچي خېټه نه ډکېږي.
(39) A coward’s fear can make a coward valiant.
(٣٩) چې تنګ شي نو په جنګ شي.
(40) A crafty knave needs no broker.
(٤٠) ټګ ته دلال څه پکار؟
(41) A creaking cart goes long on the wheels.
(٤١) دنيا کې هيڅ شى بېکاره نه دى.
(42) A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.
(٤٢) د بد نه بد زېږي.
(43) A crowd of books distracts the mind.
(٤٣) زيات لوست مازغه ګډوډوي.
(44) A crown is no cure for the headache.
(٤٤) دولت د هر مرض علاج نه دى.
(45) A crust cow hath short horns.
(٤٥) ښه دى چې د خره ښکر نشته!
(46) A danger foreseen is half avoided.
(٤٦) په تدبير د خطرې مخنيوى کېدى شي.
(47) A day to come shows longer than a year that’s gone.
(٤٧) راتلونکې ورځ د تېر کال نه غټه ښکاري.
(48) A dead bee maketh no honey.
(٤٨) مړه مچۍ به څه شات جوړ کړي.
(49) A dead mouse feels no cold.
(٤٩) د مړي به څه يخ وشي.
(50) A diamond daughter turns to glass as a wife.
(٥٠) نازولې لور ناراسته ننګور وي.
(51) A diligent scholar and the master’s paid.
(٥١) که زده کوونکى زيارکښ نه وي د ښوونکي زيار هيڅ مانا نلري.
(52) A disarmed peace is weak.
(٥٢) د بې وسلې شوي سره سوله کمزورې وي.
(53) A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.
(٥٣) بې صبره نه هوسا کېږي.
(54) A disease known is half cured.
(٥٤) د مرض تشخيص نيم علاج دى.
(55) A drowning man will catch at a straw.
(٥٥) اوبو وړى هر بوټي ته لاس اچوي.
(56) A drunkard’s purse is a bottle.
(٥٦) د شرابي جېب په بوتل کې وي.
(57) A dry cough is the trumpeter of death.
(٥٧) وچ ټوخى د مرګ پېغام دى.
(58) A fair day in winter is the mother of a storm.
(٥٨) د ژمي په ارامه ورځ پسې توپان راځي.
(59) A fair face may hide a foul heart.
(٥٩) څېره د مسلمان او کارونه د کافرو.
(60) A fair face needs no paint.
(٦٠) ښايست سينګار ته اړتيا نلري.
(61) A fair wife and a frontier castle breed troubles.
(٦١) ښکلې ښځه او سرحدي کلا د جګړو جرړې دي.
(62) A favour ill placed is a great waste.
(٦٢) نامستحقو ته څه ورکول ډېران ته ګوزارل دي.
(63) A fault confessed is half redressed.
(٦٣) د جرم اقرار نيمه اصلاح ده.
(64) A fault once denied is twice committed.
(٦٤) د ګناه نه انکار د ګناه د تکرار په مانا دى.
(65) A feeble body makes the mind weak.
(٦٥) د کمزوري بدن زړه هم کمزورى وي.
(66) A figure among ciphers.
(٦٦) ړندو کې کوڼ باچا وي!
(67) A fleece of a year is more profitable than one which is shorn twice and thrice a year.
(٦٧) د صبر مېوه خوږه وي.
(68) A flow will have an ebb.
((٦٨) هر کمال له زوال وي.
(69) A fool and his money are soon parted.
(٦٩) کم عقل سره دولت نه ايسارېږي.
(70) A fool cannot be still.
(٧٠) کم عقل سړى غلى نشي کېناستى.
(71) A fool demands much, but he is a greatest fool that gives it.
(٧١) احمق غټه برخه غواړي او چې څوک يې ورکوي هغه د هغه نه هم ستر احمق دى.
(72) A fool may ask more questions in hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
(٧٢) احمق په يو ساعت کې دومره پوښتنې کوي چې هوښيار يې په اوو کالو کې ځوابونه نشي ويلى.
(73) A fool may give a wise man counsel.
(٧٣) چر هر څومره هوښيار يې نادان وپوښته.
(74) A fool’s bolt is soon shot.
(٧٤) د کم عقل ټوپک زر خلاصېږي.
(75) A fool’s tongue is long enough to cut his throat.
(٧٥) د کم عقل اوږده ژبه د هغه مرۍ غوڅولى شي.
(76) A forced kindness deserves no thanks.
(٧٦) په زور د شوې مهربانۍ څه مننه!
(77) A friend in court makes the process short.
(٧٧) چې محکمه کې دوست ولرې کارونه اسانېږي.
(78) A friend in need is a friend indeed.
(٧٨) دوست هغه چې په تکليف کې پکار راشي.
(79) A friend is never known till one has need.
(٧٩) دوست دښمن په مصيبت کې معلومېږي.
(80) A friend is easier lost than found.
(٨٠) دوست پېدا کول ګران او له لاسه يې ورکول اسان دي.
(81) A friend marries is a friend lost.
(٨١) دوست چې دې واده شو نو لاس ترې ووينځه.
(82) A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.
(٨٢) د هر چا يار د هيچا يار نه دى.
(83) A friendly house is the best of houses.
(٨٣) دوستانه کور د ټولو نه ښه کور وي.
(84) A full belly neither fights, nor flies well.
(٨٤) ډکه خېټه نه جنګ ښه کولى شي نه منډه ښه والى شي.
(85) A full purse makes the mouth to speak.
(٨٥) چې جېب ډک وي زړه هم ښه وي.
(86) A gift will make its way through stone-walls.
(٨٦) ډالۍ په کلکو دېوالونو هم ننوځي.
(87) A golden key open all locks.
(٨٧) د سرو کيلې هر ډول قلف خلاصوي.
(88) A golden shield is of great defense.
(٨٨) د سرو ډال دې د هر څه نه بچ کوي.
(89) A good asker needs a good listener.
(٨٩) ښه وېناوال ښه اورېدونکي ته اړتيا لري.
(90) A good beginning is half the battle.
(٩٠) ښه پېل نيمه فتح ده.
(91) A good cow may have an ill-calf.
(٩١) د ولي کور کې شېطان.
(92) A good fame is better than a good face.
(٩٢) د ښه صورت نه ښه سيرت ښه دى.
(93) A good friend is my nearest relation.
(٩٣) ښه دوست لکه د خپلوان په څېر وي.
(94) A good horse never lacks a saddle.
(٩٤) ښه مال هيڅکله تاوان نه کوي.
(95) A good husband makes a good wife.
(٩٥) هره ښځه شيرينۍ ده چې خاوند يې ادم خان وي.
(96) A good judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.
(٩٦) ښه قاضي سوچ ژر ژر، پرېکړه کرار کرار کوي.
(97) A good life is the only religion.
(٩٧) مذهب څه ته وائى؟ ښه ژوند ته.
(98) A good man is always a learner.
(٩٨) ښه سړى هر وخت زده کړه کوي.
(99) A good merchant may meet with a misfortune.
(٩٩) ګټه تاوان د قسمت خبرې دي.
(100) A good mind possesses a kingdom.
(١٠٠) نېک زړه لويه بادشاهي ده.
(101) A good name is better than riches.
(١٠١) د ډېر دولت نه ښه نوم غوره دى.
(102) A good name is sooner lost than won.
(١٠٢) د عزت ترلاسه کول ګران او د لاسه ورکول يې اسان دي.
(103) A good presence is a letter of recommendation.
(١٠٣) ښکلى مخ پخپله لوي سفارش دى.
(104) A good servant should have good wages.
(١٠٤) چې مزدور ښه وي معاش به يې هم ښه وي.
(105) A good man dies early.
(١٠٥) نېک خلک زر مړه کېږي.
(106) A good tongue is a good weapon.
(١٠٦) خوږه ژبه ښه وسله ده.
(107) A good wife and health are a man’s best wealth.
(١٠٧) د سړي غټ دولت ښه ښځه او روغ صحت دى.
(108) A good wife is a good prize.
(١٠٨) ښه ښځه ښه انعام دى.
(109) A good winter brings a good summer.
(١٠٩) چې څومره ژمى يخ وي هومره به يې اوړى تود وي؛ چې څومره يې ښه خواږه دي هومره به يې بد تراخه وي.
(110) A good workman is never overpaid.
(١١٠) ښه کارکوونکي له چې هر څومره زيات معاش ورکړې کم دى.
(111) A great city is a great solitude.
(١١١) چې څومره ښار غټ، هومره يې بيې لوړې.
(112) A great fortune is a great slavery.
(١١٢) د ډېر دولت سره ډېره غلامي وي.
(113) A great reputation is a great charge.
(١١٣) د زيات شهرت مسئوليت هم زيات وي.
(114) A great ship asks deep waters.
(١١٤) د غټو خلکو خبرې هم غټې وي.
(115) A great talker is a great liar.
(١١٥) ډېرې خبرې کوونکى اکثر درواغ وايي.
(116) A greedy man God hates.
(١١٦) د خداى لالچي سړى نه خوښېږي.
(117) A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
(١١٧) د غل په ږيره کې خس.
(118) A handful rice is riches to a starving man.
(١١٨) چې د ولږې مړ کېږي هغه له يو موټى وريجې هم غټ دولت وي.
(119) A hasty man never wanteth woe.
(١١٩) بيړه د شېطان کار دى.
(120) A healthy conscience is like a wall of brass.
(١٢٠) پاک ضمير د اوسپنې دېوال دى.
(121) A hired horse never tired.
(١٢١) د کرايې اس نه ستړى کېږي.
(122) A holy habit cleaneth not a foul soul.
(١٢٢) پاکو جامو اغوستلو سره ناپاک روح نه پاکېږي.
(123) A honey tongue, a heart of gall.
(١٢٣) په ژبه شات، په زړه زهر.
(124) A hungry man is angry man.
(١٢٤) سړى چې وږى شي نو په قهر شي.
(125) A jackdaw is ever found near to jackdaw.
(١٢٥) د کارغه صرف د کارغانو سره لګي.
(126) A hut is a palace to a poor man.
(١٢٦) د غريب لپاره خپله جونګړه هم محل دى.
(127) A jealous head is soon broken.
(١٢٧) د حسد کوونکي سر زر ماتېږي.
(128) A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
(١٢٨) خط له ټکي شروع کېږي.
(129) A liar must not have a good memory.
(١٢٩) درواغجن حافظه نلري.
(130) A lie has no legs.
(١٣٠) د درواغو پښې نه وي.
(131) A light purse is a heavy curse.
(١٣١) غربت لوي عېب دى.
(132) A little bird is content with a little meal.
(١٣٢) غريب سړى په لږه هم خوشحالېږي.
(133) A little field may grow good corn.
(١٣٣) وړوکى سړى هم غټ کار کولى شي.
(134) A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
(١٢٤) نيم حکيم د ځان خطر، نيم ملا د ايمان خطر.
(135) A little labour, much health.
(١٣٥) د ښه صحت لپاره کار ضروري دى.
(136) A little leak will sink a great ship.
(١٣٦) د لږې بې احتياطۍ نه غټ تاوان پېښېږي.
(137) A little pot soon hot.
(١٣٧) مانده سړى زر غوسه کېږي.
(138) A little with quiet is the only diet.
(١٣٨) خوشحالۍ کې وچه ډوډۍ هم ښه خوند کوي.
(139) A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.
(١٣٩) کم عقل سړى خبرې ډېرې کوي.
(140) A lord without riches is a soldier without arms.
(١٤٠) د بې حجرې خان مثال داسې دى لکه د بې ټوپکه عسکر.
(141) A lowborn man feels proud of his honours.
(١٤١) کم اصل په ښو څه پوهېږي!.
(142) A madman and a fool are not witness.
(١٤٢) د لېوني او احمق څه اتبار؟
(143) A man at sixteen will prove a child at sixty.
(١٤٣) چې زر ځوان شي زر به زړېږي.
(144) A man can die only once.
(١٤٤) مرګ صرف يو ځل راځي.
(145) A man cannot spin and need at the same time.
(١٤٥) په يو وخت دوه کاره نه کېږي.
(146) A man in debt is caught in net.
(١٤٦) د قرض د جال نه وتل ګران دي.
(147) A man is known by his friends.
(١٤٧) سړى په دوستانو پېژندل کېږي.
(148) A man’s character depends on whether his friends are good or bad.
(١٤٨) دوستانو سره د ناستې پاستې اغېز خامخا وي.
(149) A man is known after his death.
(١٤٩) د خوشحال قدر که اوس په هيچا نشته + پس له مرګه به يې ياد کا ډېر عالم.
(150) A man is not good or bad for one action.
(١٥٠) په يوه غلا سړى نه غل کېږي.
(151) A man, like a watch, is to be valued by his doings.
(١٥١) د ناراسته سړي مثال د خراب ساعت دى.
(152) A man may bear till his back breaks.
(١٥٢) د زغم هم يو حد وي.
(153) A man must plough with such oxen as he has.
(١٥٣) له خپل څادر سره سمې پښې وغزوه.
(154) A man of cruelty is God’s enemy.
(١٥٤) ظالم د خداى دښمن دى.
(155) A man without money is a bow without an arrow.
(١٥٥) تشه لاسه ته مې دښمن يې.
(156) A man without reason is no better than a beast.
(١٥٦) د بې عقله انسان د څاروي سره هيڅ توپير نه وي.
(157) A man’s best fortune or his bad or worst is his wife.
(١٥٧) د انسان خوشبختي او بدبختي د هغه په مېرمن پورې اړه لري.
(158) A man’s gift makes room for him.
(١٥٨) رشوت هر ځاى کې لار وباسي.
(159) A mind moves the mass.
(١٥٩) پياوړى عزم غرونه خوځولى شي.
(160) A mole wants no lantern.
(١٦٠) عېب نه پټېږي.
(161) A myrtle among thorns is a myrtle still.
(١٦١) لعل په ايرو کې نه پټېږي.
(162) A needy man is lost when he wishes to imitate a powerful man.
(١٦٢) کلاله وکه خپله سياله.
(163) A new broom sweeps clean.
(١٦٣) نوى نوکر په منډه هوسۍ نيسي.
(164) A noble plant suits not with a stubborn ground.
(١٦٤) ښه بوټى ښه ځمکه غواړي.
(165) A not to the wise and a rod to the foolish.
(١٦٥) اصيل له اشاره کم اصل له کوتک.
(166) A pebble and a diamond are alike to a blind man.
(١٦٦) ړوند رڼا څه پېژني.
(167) A penny saved is a penny got.
(١٦٧) چې بچت دې وکړ ودې ګټله.
(168) A penny weight of love is worth a pound of law.
(١٦٨) چې په مينه کېږي هغه کار په زور نه کېږي.
(169) A pet lamb makes a cross ram.
(١٦٩) ډېره مينه ماشوم خرابوي.
(170) A picture is a dumb poem.
(١٧٠) عکس د خاموش شعر په څېر دى.
(171) A piece of churchyard fits everybody.
(١٧١) مرګ نه په واړه دى او نه په زاړه.
(172) A pin a day is a goat a year.
(١٧٢) څاڅکى څاڅکى ډېرېږي.
(173) A place on the ground is safer than upon lofty towers, he who rests on the ground has no chance of falling out.
(١٧٣) چې څومره غټېږې، خطرې زياتېږي.
(174) A plant often removed cannot thrive.
(١٧٤) کاڼى چې په ځاى پروت وي دروند وي.
(175) A pleasant possession is of no good without a comrade.
(١٧٥) هر څه د ملګري سره خوند کوي.
(176) A poet is born no made.
(١٧٦) شاعر پېدا کېږي، جوړېږي نه.
(177) A poor man’s voice is never heard against the rich.
(١٧٧) د غريب ملا په اذان څوک غوږ نه ګروي.
(178) A poor man wants something, a covetous man all things.
(١٧٨) غريب به موړ شي خو لالچي نه مړېږي.
(179) A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
(١٧٩) وزګار وخت نه تېرېږي.
(180) A powerful imagination produces the even.
(١٨٠) د کوم کار په اړه چې ډېر فکر وشي هغه کېږي.
(181) A promise attended to is a debt settled.
(١٨١) د وعدې پوره کول داسې دي لکه پور خلاصول.
(182) A promise delayed is justice deferred.
(١٨٢) وعده نه پوره کول بې انصافي ده.
(183) A promise neglected is an untruth told.
(١٨٣) وعده نه پوره کول داسې دي لکه دروغ ويل!
(184) A prophet is not honoured in his own country.
(١٨٤) خپله خور لور کړميزنه وي.
(185) A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
(١٨٥) چې غل نه يې د باچا نه مه ويرېږه.
(186) A quiet tongue shows a wise head.
(١٨٦) شېخ فريده چوپه خوله دې بهتري ده.
(187) A reconciled friend is a double enemy.
(١٨٧) چې يو ځل دې دښمن شو بيا پرې اتبار مه کوه.
(188) A reformed rake makes the best husband.
(١٨٨) په لار شوى لوفر ښه مېړه وي.
(189) A right sleeps sometimes, it never dies.
(١٨٩) د چا حق ځنډول کېداى شي، خوړل کېداى نه شي.
(190) A river, you contend with the sea!
(١٩٠) وړه خوله غټې خبرې.
(191) A rogue always suspects deceit.
(١٩١) څوک چې پخپله بد وي نور هم ورته بد ښکاري.
(192) A secret is your blood, let it out too often and you die.
(١٩٢) راز د وينې په څېر دى او د وينې توييدنه مرګ دى.
(193) A sensible man judges of present by past events.
(١٩٣) هوښيار سړى د تجربې نه زده کړه کوي.
(194) A self-evident truth requires no proof.
(١٩٤) لمر په ګوته نه پټېږي.
(195) A sharp good for a stubborn ass.
(١٩٥) کږه خوله په سُوک سمېږي.
(196) A short cut is often a wrong cut.
(١٩٦) په سمه لار ځه که اوږده هم وي.
(197) A shroud has no pockets.
(١٩٧) د کفن جېبونه نه وي؛ مړى د ځان سره هيڅ نشي وړى.
(198) A single sinner sinks the boat.
(١٩٨) په پادې کې د يوې غوا مردارى د ټولو نوم بدوي.
(199) A sinful hand makes a failing heart.
((١٩٩) د غل په ږيره کې خس.
(200) A sleeping fox catches no poultry.
(٢٠٠) څوک چې خوبونه کوي مېښه يې نر کټى زېږوي.
(201) A slight pretext suffices for doing evil.
(٢٠١) چې زړه نه غواړي بهانې ډېرې دي.
(202) A slothful man never has time.
(٢٠٢) چې څوک هيڅ نه کوي هغه وخت هم نه لري.
(203) A slow fire makes sweets malt.
(٢٠٣) د جرندې ډوډۍ خوږه وي.
(204) A small shop may have a good trade.
(٢٠٤) دوکان کوچنى، کار يې غټ.
(205) A small spark shines in the dark.
(٢٠٥) د نيشت نه لږ ښه دى.
(206) A small sum will serve to pay a short reckoning.
(٢٠٦) چې څومره ګوړه اچوې هومره شربت خوږېږي.
(207) A small wound may be mortal.
(٢٠٧) معمولي زخم هم د مرګ سبب جوړېداى شي.
(208) A smart coat is a good letter of introduction.
(٢٠٨) ښې جامې ښه اغېز لري.
(209) A soft answer turneth away wrath.
(٢٠٩) خوږه خبره ښه ځواب دى.
(210) A soldier fights upon his stomach.
(٢١٠) په وږې خېټه جنګ چېرته کېږي.
(211) A sorrow is an itching place which is made worse scratching.
(٢١١) د غم مثال د خارښ دى، چې څومره يې ګروې هومره ډېرېږي.
(212) A sorrow shared is but half a trouble, but a joy that’s shared is a joy made double.
(٢١٢) غم په شريکولو کمېږي او خوشحالي په شريکولو ډېرېږي.
(213) A stitch in time saves nine.
(٢١٣) کار هغه چې په وخت وشي.
(214) A tame tongue is a rare bird.
(٢١٤) هر څوک خپله ژبه په قابو کې نشي ساتلى.
(245) A thief passes for a gentleman, when thieving has made him rich.
(٢٤٦) دولت سل عېبه پټوي.
(246) A thing is bigger for being shared.
(٢٤٦) هر چا ته خپله برخه غټه ښکاري.
(247) A thousand applicants for one appointment.
(٢٤٧) يو انار، سل بيمار.
(248) A thousand years hence the river will run as it did.
(٢٤٨) دا دنيا به همداسې وي.
(249) A traitor is ill company.
(٢٤٩) غدار سره مه کېنه.
(250) A tyrant is most tyrant to himself.
(٢٥٠) ظالم دومره په بل نه کوي لکه په ځان.
(251) A valiant man’s look is more than coward’s sword.
(٢٥١) د مېړني تش کتل د ډارن د تورې نه زيات کار کوي.
(252) A voluntary burden is not a burden.
(٢٥٢) په خپله اوچت کړى بار، بار نه دى.
(253) A wall has ears, too.
(٢٥٣) د دېوالونو هم غوږونه شته.
(254) A will-filled belly does not believe in hunger.
(٢٥٤) موړ د وږي د حاله څه خبر دى.
(255) A white wall is a fool’s paper.
(٢٥٥) کم عقل هر ځاى کې خپله کم عقلي ښکاره کوي.
(256) A willful man must have his way.
(٢٥٦) ضدي سړى د چا خبره کله مني.
(257) A willful man needs be very wise.
(٢٥٧) د ضدي سړي لپاره ضروري ده چې عقلمند هم وي.
(258) A willing mind makes a light foot.
(٢٥٨) چې چرته زړه ځي هلته پښې ځي.
(259) A wise head makes a closed mouth.
(٢٥٩) هوښيار سړى غلى اوسي.
(260) A wise foe is better than a foolish friend.
(٢٦٠) د کم عقل دوست نه هوښيار دښمن ښه دى.
(261) A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
(٢٦١) عقلمند سړى د امکاناتو څخه بهر سوچ نه کوي.
(262) A wise man gets learning from those who have none themselves.
(٢٦٢) عقل د کم عقلو نه زده کېږي.
(263) A wise man is a great wonder.
(٢٦٣) دنيا کې د عقلمندو کمى دى.
(264) A wise man is out of the reach of fortune.
(٢٦٤) په عقلمند د دولت زور نه رسي.
(265) A wise man’s loss is his secret.
(٢٦٥) عقلمند د تاوان ډنډوره نه غږوي.
(266) A wolf besets you on this die, a dog on that.
(٢٦٦) يو خوا ته ډانګ دى بل خوا ته پړانګ.
(267) A wolf in lamb’s clothing.
(٢٦٧) په لاس کې مسواک، تخرګ کې چاقو.
(268) A woman and glass are even in danger.
(٢٦٨) ښځه او ګيلاس هر وخت په خطره کې وي.
(269) A woman either loves or hates, there is no third course.
(٢٦٩) ښځه يا مينه کوي يا کرکه، درېمه لار پکې نشته.
(270) A woman’s hair is long; her tongue is longer.
(٢٧٠) د ښځې ويښته اوږده وي خو ژبه د هغو نه هم اوږده.
(271) A woman’s mind and the winter’s wind change oft.
(٢٧١) د ښځې سوچ او د ژمي باد زر بدلېږي.
(272) A woman’s nay is no denial.
(٢٧٢) د ښځې “نا” هم “هو” وي.
(273) A woman’s work is never done.
(٢٧٣) ښځه هيڅکله هم وزګاره نه وي.
(274) A wonder lasts but nine days.
(٢٧٤) عجوبه څو ورځې عجوبه وي.
(275) A word and a stone let go cannot be recalled.
(٢٧٥) توکلې لاړې بېرته نه جاروځي.
(276) A word before is worth two behind.
(٢٧٦) لومړى سوچ کوه بيا خبره.
(277) A word out of season may mar the course of a whole life.
(٢٧٧) خپله ژبه هم کلا ده هم بلا ده.
(278) A word may be recalled, a life never.
(٢٧٨) بيا بيا ژوند نشته.
(279) A word to the wise is enough.
(٢٧٩) هوښيار له اشاره بس دى.
(280) A work begun is half done.
(٢٨٠) د کار پېل ګران دى سر ته په خپله رسي.
(281) A worthy man is not mindful of past injuries.
(٢٨١) هوښيار سړى زړو خبرو پسې نه ګرځي.
(282) A wound does not pierce the soul.
(٢٨٢) د ژبې ګوزار د تورې د ګوزار نه تېره دى.
(283) A wound never heals so well but that the scar can be seen.
(٢٨٣) د زخم نشان نه ورکېږي.
(284) A year begun is reckoned as one finished.
(٢٨٤) کال د سترګو په رپ کې تېرېږي.
(285) A young idler, an old begger.
(٢٨٥) د ځوانۍ لوفر په پيرۍ کې فقير وي.
(286) Above all, liberty.
(٢٨٦) ازادي ستر نعمت دى.
(287) Abide by your deed.
(٢٨٧) خپل عمل د لارې مل دى.
(288) Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
(٢٨٨) بېلتون مينه تېزوي، وصال يې پياوړې کوي.
(289) Abundance is no fault.
(٢٨٩) شتمن کېدل خو څه ګناه نه ده.
(290) Acorns were good till bread was found.
(٢٩٠) چې غوړه نشته نو وچه ښه ده.
(291) Advice was forthcoming from all; few accepted the danger.
(٢٩١) موږک وايي د پيشو په غاړه کې به ګينګړى څوک تړي؟
(292) Advice none to marry or go to war.
(٢٩٢) د جنګ او واده په معامله کې چا ته نصيحت مه کوه.
(293) Adverse fortune brought forth discord.
(٢٩٣) په بد وخت کې څوک پکار نه راځي.
(294) Africa ever produces something new.
(٢٩٤) د ليرې ډول ښه لګي.
(295) After a funeral a feast.
(٢٩٥) په روژه پسې اختر وي.
(296) After a storm comes a calm.
(٢٩٦) په سخته پسې راحته وي.
(297) After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile.
(٢٩٧) له غرمنۍ وروسته لږ استراحت کوه او له ماښامنۍ وروسته لږ ګرځه.
(298) After the deed no counsel of any avail.
(٢٩٨) چې واده تېر شي نکريزې په دېوال وتپه.
(299) After so money ship-wrecks; the harbour.
(٢٩٩) چې بده ورځ تېره شي ښه راځي.
(300) After wit is everybody’s wit.
(٣٠٠) چې موقع تېره شي نو ټول هوښيار شي.
(301) Agues come on horseback, but go away on foot.
(٣٠١) غم لکه اس تېز راځي او لکه مېږى ورو ورو ځي.
(302) All are not hanged that are condemned.
(٣٠٢) مايوسه کېدل کفر دى.
(303) All are not friends, that speak us fair.
(٣٠٣) چاپلوس سړى دوست نشي کېداى.
(304) All are not maidens that wear fair hair.
(٣٠٤) هر ځلېدونکي ته ملغلره مه وايه.
(305) All are not saints that go to church.
(٣٠٥) يواځې عبادت کول د ښه سړيتوب نښه نه ده.
(306) All bread is not baked in one oven.
(٣٠٦) پينځه واړه ګوتې يو شان نه دي.
(307) All bring grist to your mill.
(٣٠٧) پيشو د خداى دپاره مږه نه نيسي.
(308) All came from and will go to others.
(٣٠٨) د بل د لاس نه راځي او د بل لاس ته به ځي.
(309) All colours will agree in the dark.
(٣٠٩) په سخته کې ټول وروڼه شي.
(310) All covet, all lose.
(٣١٠) لږه يې نه اخيستله، ډېره ورته ونه رسېدله.
(311) All do not admire and love the same things.
(٣١١) د هر چا خوښه جلا جلا وي.
(312) All doors are open to courtesy.
(٣١٢) ښو اخلاقو ته هر ځاى کې پخېر راغلى ويل کېږي.
(313) All excess turns into vice.
(٣١٣) هر کار په اندازه.
(314) All fail where faith fails.
(٣١٤) اتبار د لاسه ورکول هر څه د لاسه ورکول دي.
(315) All fame is dangerous; good brings envy, bad shame.
(٣١٥) شهرت هر وخت خطر لري؛ که ښه و حاسدان پېدا کېږي که بد و شرم راوړي.
(316) All fish are not caught with flies.
(٣١٧) ټول په يوه تله مه تله.
(317) All grieves with bread are less.
(٣١٧) تنګسه لوي مصيبت دى.
(318) All hoods make not monks.
(٣١٨) هر سُور ږيرى شاګل نه وي.
(319) All hours are not ripe.
(٣١٩) د هرې خبرې خپل وخت وي.
(320) All is fair in love and war.
(٣٢٠) په مينه او جنګ کې هر څه روا دي.
(321) All is fine that is fit.
(٣٢١) چې ضرورت شي نو روا شي.
(322) All is for the best.
(٣٢٢) چې څه وشو هغه وشو.
(323) All is not won that is put in the purse.
(٣٢٣) پېسه د لاس خيرى دى.
(324) All is well that ends well.
(٣٢٤) ښه چې په خېر سر ته ورسېدو.
(325) All is well with him who is beloved of his neighbours.
(٣٢٥) ښه ګاونډ کې ژوند ښه تېرېږي.
(326) All keys hang not on one girdle.
(٣٢٦) ټول خلک يو شان نه وي.
(327) All nobility is lost in him whose merit is in birth.
(٣٢٧) د سيدانو په کورنۍ کې زېږېدل د شرافت نخښه نه ده.
(328) All men love themselves.
(٣٢٨) هر څوک د خپل ځان په مينه کې ګېر دي.
(319) All offices are greasy.
(٣١٩) بې محنته هيڅ کار نه کېږي.
(320) All maturity is destined to decay.
(٣٢٠) هر کمال له زوال شته.
(321) All roads lead to Rome.
(٣٢١) هره لاره کابل ته ځي.
(322) All that glitters is not gold.
(٣٢٢) هر سور ږيرى شاه ګل نه دى.
(323) All that is rare is dear, that which is every-day is cheap.
(٣٢٣) هر شى چې لږ وي ګران وي.
(324) All the wit in the world is not in one head.
(٣٢٤) په دنيا کې يواځې ته هوښيار نه يې.
(325) All things risen will fall.
(٣٢٥) هر کمال له زوال شته.
(326) All things done magnificently be the rich.
(٣٢٦) د خان صېب هر عمل خلکو ته ښه ښکاري.
(327) All the world will beat the man whom fortune buffets.
(٣٢٧) چې قسمت يې کوټه شي هغه نه د چا سترګه نه سوځي.
(328) All things are easy that are done willingly.
(٣٢٨) هر کار چې په شوق کېږي اسان وي.
(329) All things are good untried.
(٣٢٩) تماشګير د نخښې مېنځ وُلي.
(330) All things are soon prepared in a well-ordered house.
(٣٣٠) په ښه انتظام سره کارونه زر ترسره کېږي.
(331) All things change, nothing perishes.
(٣٣١) شيان څېرې بدلوي، له منځه نه ځي.
(332) All things in their being are good for something.
(٣٣٢) په دنيا کې هيڅ شى بې فايدې نه دى.
(333) All things require skill but an appetite.
(٣٣٣) هر کار زده کړه غواړي خو خېټه نه.
(334) All things are good unsaid.
(٣٣٤) چوپ پاتې کېدل ښه خبره ده.
(335) All things thrive but thrice.
(٣٣٥) د خوشحالۍ ورځې لږې وي.
(336) All time is the right time for saying what is right.
(٣٣٦) حق خبرې کولو له هر وخت مناسب دى.
(337) All tongues are not made of the same.
(٣٣٧) ټولې ژبې يو شان نه وي.
(338) All truth is not always to be told.
(٣٣٨) کله کله رښتيا هم پټول ضروري شي.
(339) All will come out in the washing.
(٣٣٩) په جنګ کې پټ رازونه هم ښکاره شي.
(340) All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.
(٣٤٠) هر وخت کار، کار او کار هم سړى خرابوي.
(341) All your geese are swans.
(٣٤١) خپل ټټو او د بل اس برابروې؟.
(342) Allowance is to be made for him who first attempts a thing.
(٣٤٢) ستاينه د هر نوښتګر حق دى.
(343) Always to excel and to be superior to others.
(٣٤٣) تل د پرمختګ او له نورو د مخکې کېدو هڅه کوه.
(344) Alexander conqueror of so many kingdoms and peoples, was overcome by anger.
(٣٤٤) په غوسه قابو موندل تر ټولو ګران کار دى.
(345) Allow time and moderate delay, haste administers all things badly.
(٣٤٥) د جلدۍ کار خراب وي.
(346) Alms-giving never made a man poor.
(٣٤٦) په خېرات ورکولو څوک نه غريب کېږي.
(347) Although the sun shines, leave not thy cloak at home.
(٣٤٧) په موسم هيڅکله اتبار مه کوه.
(348) Ambition and love are the wings of great actions.
(٣٤٨) په عزم او شوق غټ غټ کارونه کېږي.
(349) Amendment is repentance.
(٣٤٩) اصلاح ښه توبه ده.
(350) Among the blind, the one-eye is king.
(٣٥٠) د ړندو په ښار کې يو سترګى پاچا وي.
(351) An act done against my will is not my act.
(٣٥١) د مجبورۍ په حالت کې د شوي کار هيڅوک مسئول نه دى.
(352) Among us most sacred is the majesty of wealth.
(٣٥٢) هر څوک د دولت عبادت کوي.
(353) An age builds up cities, an hour destroys them.
(٣٥٣) جوړول ګران او نړول اسان دي.
(354) An ape’s an ape though he wears a good ring.
(٣٥٤) که ګيدړ د زمري پوستکى واغوندي بيا هم ګيدړ دى.
(355) An ass is but an ass though laden with gold.
(٣٥٥) خر په طواف نه حاجي کېږي.
(356) An ass is beautiful to an ass and a pig to a pig.
(٣٥٦) خر ته خر او غوا ته غوا ښکلې ښکاري.
(357) An ass that carries a load is better than a lion that devours him.
(٣٥٧) د پروت زمري نه ګرځېدلى ګيدړ ښه دى.
(358) An empty bag will not stand upright.
(٣٥٨) د ډارن پښې نه وي.
(359) An empty brain is a devil’s workshop.
(٣٥٩) خالي سر د شېطان کور وي.
(360) An empty door will tempt a saint.
(٣٦٠) وړيا شراب قاضي له هم حلال دي.
(361) An empty purse fills face with wrinkles.
(٣٦١) غربت سړى له وخته وړاندې بوډا کوي.
(362) An enemy under the guise of a friend is very dangerous.
(٣٦٢) د لستوڼي مار زيات خطرناک وي.
(363) An examined enterprise goes on boldly.
(٣٦٣) په غور او فکر ترسره شوى کار ښه روان وي.
(364) An honest man’s word is as good as bond.
(٣٦٤) د ايماندار سړي ژبه لوى ضمانت دى.
(365) An honourable death is better than disgraceful life.
(٣٦٥) د عزت مرګ د ذلت د ژوند نه زر ځله ښه دى.
(366) An hour of pain is as long as a day of pleasure.
(٣٦٦) د غم ساعت زر نه تېرېږي.
(367) An ignorant man keeping a great fuss.
(٣٦٧) خپل نوم نه شي ليکلى خو قلمونه درې ګرځوي.
(368) An ill deed cannot bring honour.
(٣٦٨) چې بد کوې بد به مومې.
(369) An ill paymaster never wants excuse.
(٣٦٩) بهانه کوونکي سره د بهانو کمى نه وي.
(370) An ill physician cannot cure others.
(٣٧٠) چې طبيب په خپله مريض وي نو د نورو به څه علاج وکړي.
(371) An oath that is not to be made is not to be kept.
(٣٧١) چې وعده پوره کولى نه شې مه يې کوه.
(372) An old dog cannot alter his way of barking.
(٣٧٢) زوړ شوې خو سوړ نه شوې.
(373) An old dog will learn no tricks.
(٣٧٣) په پيرۍ کې هيڅ نه کېږي.
(374) An old fox needs not to be taught tricks.
(٣٧٤) کونډې ته د کور کولو چل مه ښايه.
(375) An old goat is never the more reverend for his beard.
(٣٧٥) د بوډا عزت په عقل کېږي نه چې په ږيره.
(376) An old wrinkle never wears out.
(٣٧٦) ځواني نه راستنېږي.
(377) An open enemy is better than a false friend.
(٣٧٧) د درواغجن دوست نه دښمن لا ښه دى.
(378) An open brow indicates an open heart.
(٣٧٨) پراخ تندى د سپين زړه نښه ده.
(379) An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching.
(٣٧٩) د ډېرو خبرو نه لږ عمل ښه دى.
(380) An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.
(٣٨٠) د ډېر علاج نه لږ پرهېز ښه دى.
(381) An ounce of vanity spoils a hundred weight of merit.
(٣٨١) د کبر کاسه نسکوره ده.
(382) An unhappy man’s cart is sure to tremble.
(٣٨٢) د غريب سړي د کور نغرى سوړ وي.
(383) An unlawful oath is better broke than kept.
(٣٨٣) د ناروا وعدې د پوره کولو نه ماتول ښه دي.
(384) And do you believe that the buried ashes care?
(٣٨٤) مړ خو مړ شو د ژوندو غم کوه.
(385) And evil things are neighbours to good.
(٣٨٥) ښه او بد هر ځاى کې شته.
(386) Ancestral glory is a lamp of posterity.
(٣٨٦) د مشرانو کارنامې مونږ ته پرمختګ لار ښيي.
(387) Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
(٣٨٧) غوصه او جلدۍ کې نصيحت نه اورېدل کېږي.
(388) Anger is a sworn enemy.
(٣٨٨) غوصه د ځان دښمنه ده.
(389) Anger is blind.
(٣٨٩) د غوصې په وخت کې سړى ړوند وي.
(390) Antiquity is not always a mark of verity.
(٣٩٠) ضروري نه ده چې کومه خبره زړه وي نو هغه به خامخا رښتيا وي.
(391) An little silly soul easily can pick a hole.
(٣٩٢) تنقيد کول د ټولو نه اسان کار دى.
(392) Appearances are often deceitful.
(٣٩٢) په ظاهري صورت د چا مه ځه.
(393) Appetite comes with eating.
(٣٩٣) کار په کولو کېږي.
(394) Arms are the props of peace.
(٣٩٤) امنيت د وسلو په زور نيول کېږي.
(395) Are you attempting to appease every body by abandoning virtue?
(٣٩٥) ګرده نړۍ څوک نه شي خوشحالولى.
(396) Argue at home, but a more abroad.
(٣٩٦) د خپل کور مخې ته خو پمن سپى هم غاپي.
(397) Art has an enemy called ignorance.
(٣٩٧) جهالت د هنر دښمن دى.
(398) As a man makes his bed, so he must lie.
(٣٩٨) چې څه کرې هغه به رېبې.
(399) As good twenty as nineteen.
(٣٩٩) د نولسو شلو فرق.
(400) A I brew, so I must drink.
(٤٠٠) چې څه کرې هغه به رېبې.
(401) As the garden, such is the gardener.
(٤٠١) چې څنګه مور هغسې يې لور.
(402) As long as you are prosperous, you will have many friends, but if your days are overcast you will find yourself alone.
(٤٠٢) په ښو ورځو کې هر څوک دوست او خپل شي خو په بدو ورځو کې بيا نه خپل پېدا کېږي نه دوست.
(403) As long lives a merry heart as a sad one.
(٤٠٣) دوه نيمې ورځې ژوند دى ښه يې تېرول پکار دي.
(404) As soon as a man is born is begins to die.
(٤٠٤) ژوند د مرګ سره تړلى دى.
(405) As soon as I was born I wept and every day shows why.
(٤٠٥) دنيا د مصيبتونو کور دى.
(406) As soon as you have drunk you turn your back on the spring.
(٤٠٦) په کوم لوښي کې چې خورې په هغې کې غول مه کوه.
(407) As the bell chinks, so the fool thinks.
(٤٠٧) د وږي په غوږونو کې د ډوډو ټپار وي.
(408) As the crow, so the eggs shall be.
(٤٠٨) چې څنګه چرګه هغسې يې چرګوړي.
(409) As the good man saith, so say we; as the good woman saith, so must it be.
(٤٠٩) د ښه سړي د خبرې تاييد کېږي او د ښې ښځې خبره پوره کېږي.
(410) As the old cock crows, the young one learns.
(٤١٠) واړه د غټو په منډ ځي.
(411) As our affairs go with us so also is our mind affected.
(٤١١) د چاپېرچل اغېز په ذهنونو کېږي.
(412) As the twig’s bent, the tree’s inclined.
(٤١٢) کوم خوا ته چې ښاخونه زور کوي هماغې خوا ته ونه ټيټېږي.
(413) Ask much to get little.
(٤١٣) د لږ څه ترلاسه کولو لپاره ډېر څه کول غواړي.
(414) Ask my companion if I be thief.
(٤١٤) د غل ملګرى خو به هم غل وي!
(415) Ask of God and not of the rich.
(٤١٥) يواځې د خداى نه غواړه.
(416) Ask thy purse what thou shouldst buy.
(٤١٦) د خپل څادر سره پښې غځوه.
(417) Asses that bray most eat least.
(٤١٧) چې ډېر غورېږي هغه لږ ورېږي.
(418) Associating with the bad, you yourself will become bad.
(٤١٨) د بدو سره بد شي سړى.
(419) Assurance is two-thirds of success.
(٤١٩) اعتماد د برياليتوب راز دى.
(420) At a round table there’s no dispute of place.
(٤٢٠) ګردي مېز کې د ځاى څه جګړه؟
(421) At length the fox turns monk.
(٤٢١) ځوانۍ کې تبرګ، پيرۍ کې بزرګ.
(422) At open doors dogs come in.
(٤٢٢) چې اوښان ساتې دروازې به لوړې ږدې.
(423) At the end of the work you may judge the woman.
(٤٢٣) د کار د کتلو نه وروسته نظر پرې څرګندوه.
(424) At the first cup man drinks wine, at the second cup wine drinks wine, at the third cup wine drinks man.
(٤٢٤) د نشې پېل خوندور خو انجام بې خونده وي.
(425) At the game’s end we shall see who gains.
(٤٢٥) د لوبې د ګټې او تاوان په اخر کې پته لګي.
(426) Avarice never made any man rich.
(٤٢٦) په لالچ څوک نه دى شتمن شوى.
(427) Avoid evil and it will avoid thee.
(٤٢٧) ته د بدو نه ځان ساته بد به تا نه ځان ساتي.

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The arrest of the de facto Taliban leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, in Pakistan’s Karachi city in a joint secret CIA-Pakistan raid was another major blow for the brutal insurgency in the region. Just few days before that, on February 13, a massive onslaught in the restive south of Afghanistan attacked the hardcore militants’ longtime stronghold. Sporadic fighting is reported from the area, and there is resistance in some places, yet both Afghan and NATO officials claimed to have seized the town and termed the operation as ‘successful.’ Although the forces were ordered to be extremely careful in targeting noncombatants, two incidents of killing civilians still occurred, yet displaced people from the conflict-hit town welcomed the operation.
In Pakistan, the insurgents saw their second and more vindictive leader, Hakimullah Mehsud, died in a drone attack probably days after he appeared in a video with the Jordanian suicide bomber and claimed responsibility for the attack that killed 7 CIA experts in Khost. Analysts in the region say that his murder had led to cause a split between other Taliban leaders in the tribal areas between Pakistan and Afghanistan and that had significant negative impacts on activities of the terrorist outfit.
The arrest of Mullah Baradar is similarly the most important achievement in the counterinsurgency efforts since the US-led international troops invaded Afghanistan to oust his Al-Qaeda-linked government. Though at that time the spiritual leader of the movement was the one-eyed former jihadi commander Mullah Omar, and he still enjoys his position as the Supreme Leader, it was Mullah Baradar who emerged as a de facto leader of the Taliban and commanded the powerful Quetta Shura the existence of which the government of Pakistan constantly denied but reports said ISI had helped it in shifting to Karachi from Quetta after there was a discussion to whether kill the top Quetta Taliban leaders in drone attacks.
Pakistan is believed to have been providing support to the Afghan Taliban for a long time. Its intelligence outfits provided protection to commanders and strategists that were hiding and operating in Pakistan. How did they allow the Americans to capture this top military strategist is not clear now, but t is clear enough that this will significantly affect the insurgency in Afghanistan because the new strategy is focusing to target the top leaders, chase the local ones, and offer reintegration to the foot soldiers, all at the same time.
Now this is an important opportunity for the international community to continue chasing the top leaders in Pakistan and disconnecting them from the local commanders in the field (Afghanistan). An effective reintegration program in Kabul can help the new strategy to quicken its pace for achieving its goals which will eventually enable the Afghan government to establish its writ across the country and the allied countries to withdraw their troops. Avoiding past mistakes and strengthening Afghan security forces should be kept in mind as the most important factors in making the process successfully completed.

MARJAH, Helmand Province, Afghanistan – People displaced from the Taliban-controlled town of Marjah, Nad Ali in Helmand province, welcomed a massive military operation launched February 13 aimed at flushing out the insurgents to pave the way for reconstruction and restoration of government authority.

The operation was launched early February 13 after weeks of extensive publicity that included press conferences and dropping leaflets in the area to avoid civilian casualties and give insurgents a chance to lay down their arms.

Around 6,000 troops — a majority of them Afghan soldiers — attacked the town of Marjah, which had been under control of extremists for nearly three years.

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“The latest sad news is that the Christian Crusaders (Americans) have burned a copy of the Holy Quran in Wardak province and have thus shown their enmity with Islam and the Muslims… The saddest aspect of this incident is that the American invaders have committed this heinous crime in a province (Wardak) that has been known for long as home to mujahedeen (the holy warriors). The people of this province have taken active part in past and current jihadi movements. The people of this province have always defended their country bravely and heroically. The people of this province had played a historical role in the war against British occupiers…”

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Veteran Pashtun nationalist leader and progressive writer and poet, well-known revolutionary Ajmal Khattak died in his hometown Akora Khattak at 85.

S. Mudassir Ali Shah (Pajhwok)
Renowned Pakhtun nationalist leader and distinguished poet Ajmal Khattak breathed his last after a protracted illness in an NWFP hospital, a Pakistani TV channel reported. He was 85.

A former NWFP minister, senator and Member of National Assembly (MNA), the veteran intellectual spent more than a decade and a half in self-imposed exile in Afghanistan.

A senior National Awami Party (NAP) figure, he was wanted by the Federal Security Force as part of a political witch-hunt launched by the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto government. As a result, he stayed in Kabul for 16 years.

His son told Pajhwok Afghan News over the telephone that funeral prayers for Khattak, who remained bed-ridden for more than a year, would be offered in his ancestral village of Akora Khattak in Nowshera district on Monday.

Aimal Khattak said his father, born in Akora Khattak on September 15, 1925, would be laid to rest after Zuhr prayers. During his 50-year political career, he saw his literary pursuits and education take painful turns.

Profoundly influenced by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s philosophy of non-violence, Khattak was an energetic member of the Quit India Movement in 1942. In an effort to play a more proactive role in the struggle against the British Raj, he left school.

But he resumed studies later on and did his MA in Persian from the Peshawar University. He also served as editor of different newspapers and periodicals, including Anjam, Shahbaz, Adal and Rahber.

A minister in the cabinet of NWFP Chief Minister Mufti Mehmood in 1972, he was the stage secretary at a United Democratic Front (UDF) rally held at Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi on March 23 1973.

During the rally, gunshots were fired at the UDF leaders, including Khan Abdul Wali Khan. In the ensuing scuffle, several UDF and NAP workers were killed by the security personnel.

Writer Muhammad Hasan Haqyar, meanwhile, described Khattak’s passing as a tragedy for Pakhtuns living on both sides of the Durand Line. He believed the vacuum created by Khattak’s death would long be felt, particularly in literary and political circles.

Da Ghairat Chagha (Cry of Courage), Da Zhwand Chagha (Cry of Life), Zhwand Aw Khwand (Life and Joy), Guloona Aw Takaloona (Flowers and Quests), Afghan Nang (Afghan Bravery), Kachkol (Begging Bowl), Gul Aw Parhar (Flower and Wound) and Sre Ghunche (Red Bouquets) are some of his famous books.

Haqyar rated Da Ghairat Chagha as an excellent poetic collection that jolted Pakhtuns out of their deep political slumber and galvanised them into waging a determined struggle for their rights.

During his self-exile in Kabul, Khattak enjoyed cordial relations with People’s Democratic Party leaders, including President Nur Muhammad Taraki, Babrak Karmal and Dr. Mohammad Najibullah.

It was in 1989, when the Awami National Party (ANP) entered an electoral alliance with the Pakistan Muslim League of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, that Khattak’s exile came to an end.

A year later, he was elected as Member of National Assembly (MNA) from Nowshera. In 993, Khattak lost his re-election bid but was nominated as an ANP senator in March 1994. Following a prolonged power struggle with Begum Nasim Wali Khan, Khattak was removed as ANP president in 2000.

نړۍ ته په افغانستان کې معلومه شوه چې که جګړه په پېسو ده نو سوله هم بې پېسو نه کېږي. د اتو کلونو په جګړه د ملياردونو ډالرو له لګولو وروسته د امريکا په مشرۍ د نړيوالې ټولنې او د حامد کرزي د “بيا انتخاب” شوي دولت نوې ستراتيژي دا ده چې مخالفينو ته پېسې ورکړئ او سولې ته يې راوبلئ. امريکا او ملګري هېوادونه يې اوس په خپلو کلنيو بوديجو کې د دې کار لپاره پېسې ځانګړې کوي او په افغانستان کې هم چې پخوا کومو خلکو د بيا رغونې او د ظرفيت د لوړونې پروژې اخيستلې يو ناڅاپه يې د سولې پروژو ته لاس اچول پېل کړل.
خو پوښتنه دا ده چې ايا سوله په پېسو اخيستل کېداى شي؟ او که د يو څه وخت لپاره واخيستل شي نو دوام به ولري؟ او تر دې هم مهمه پوښتنه دا چې په جګړه کې ښکېلې ډلې يو بل ته په مېدان کې توره ايستلې ولاړې وي او په خپل دريځ کې يو فيصد بدلون راوستلو ته هم چمتو نه وي نو درېمګړي به يې ترمنځ سوله څنګه وکړي؟ ښکاره بېلګه يې د ولسمشر اوباما لخوا افغانستان ته د دېرش زره تازه سرتېرو افغانستان ته د نويو وسلو او تيکنالوژۍ سره رالېږل او په ناکراره سيمو کې ځاى پر ځاى کول دي چې په مقابل کې يې طالبان د “عمر” په نامه د يو داسې نوي بم د جوړولو خبر ورکوي چې د سرک د غاړې د ماينونو ضد نوې تيکنالوژي يې نه معلومولى او نه ناکاره کولى شي.
سمه ده، د دې خبرې نه څوک انکار نشي کولى چې ډالر خامخا خپل تاثير ښيي؛ د افغانستان په تېرو جګړو کې هم ډالرو مهم رول لوبولى دى او اوس هم دواړو خواوو ته ډالر پوره کار کوي؛ نو د سولې په روانو هڅو کې به هم يو څه اندازه کار وکړي، مګر دا خبره واضحه ده چې څرنګه په افغانستان کې د ډالرو لپاره شوې تېرې جګړې د کومې ستونځې حل نه شوې داسې به دا هڅې هم د ستونځې د اوږدمهاله حل لپاره بې نتيجې وي.
د دې خبرې يو ښکاره دليل د نوې ستراتيژۍ د افغانستان د مرکزي حکومت په ځاى پرېښودل او نېغ په نېغه د قومونو سره د مرستې کولو برخه هم ده کومه چې به په لنډ مهال کې د امريکايانو يو څه ستونځې حل کړي خو په اوږد مهال کې به په افغانستان کې نوي جنجالونه راوزېږوي او بيا به د هغو جنجالونو د له منځه وړلو لپاره همدا نړيواله ټولنه نورې نوې ستراتيژۍ جوړوي. افغانستان د تېرو څو لسيزو راهيسې د نړيوالو قوتونو د داسې ستراتيژيو ښکار دى چې يوه يې د بلې او بله د بلې پر ضد جوړېږي، يوه ستراتيژي يو څه ستونځې حل کړي خو نورې ډېرې راوزېږوي.
نو پايله دا ده چې تلپاتې سوله د يو څو جنګياليو په پېسو اخيستلو نشي راتللى، ځکه که امريکا او افغان دولت يو څو جنګيالي په پېسو واخلي، ډېر نور به د پېسو لپاره جنګيالي شي. د حل لاره دا ده چې نړيواله ټولنه يو خوا ته په افغانستان کې د حکومت د پياوړي کولو لپاره کار وکړي او بل خوا ته د سولې راوستلو لپاره د هغو قوتونو سره يا خبرو ته کېني او يا يې تر سخت فشار لاندې راولي چې په دې منطقه کې د جګړې اور ته لمن وهي او مرسته ورسره کوي.

Afghanistan has been a real victim of world powers’ short-term strategies that are often devised against their own earlier strategies. The newest strategy that the United States is working on is to bypass the central government in Afghanistan and directly support the Pashtun tribes to fight against the Taliban. According to a New York Times report, as a first step towards this end, the U.S. is going to support the Shinwari tribe in eastern Afghanistan. ‘In exchange for their [the tribesmen’s] support, American government agreed to channel $1 million in development projects directly to the tribal leaders and bypass the local Afghan government, which is widely seen as corrupt.’

For Afghans, this ‘corrupt government’ had full support of the entire international community for last eight years. A remarkable majority of the Afghans now question that if this government was so corrupt, why the U.S. and the international community let it run during all these years. Until now, everybody spoke about democracy, human rights, civil society, stabilizing the government, and capacity building. But suddenly, the track changed and now every prime minister, every president, every ambassador, every military commander, and every civilian expert speaks about reconciliation with the Taliban, bypassing the central government, and supporting the tribes. Now they see the solution in the centuries old corrupt and outdated tribal system that will now fight against the Taliban but eventually will turn into uncontrollable militias and then? the international community will undoubtedly devise another strategy to get rid of them.

It is true that this tribal system worked 30-40 years ago, but its authority and function was undermined by a same strategy that was also devised by the U.S. and Pakistan in which a new generation of the Afghan youths was encouraged to follow the jihadi leaders, well-trained and well-paid by the U.S., instead of the tribal elders. According to another New York Times report, at that time, ‘the United States, backed by the Saudi and Pakistani governments, unleashed its own assault on Afghanistan’s tribes. American-backed Wahhabi fundamentalism created hundreds of thousands of young mujahedeen (holy warriors) to attack Soviet troops in Afghanistan. Religiously indoctrinated and flush with American cash, these young Afghan fighters viewed Muslim clerics and mujahedeen commanders – not tribal elders – as their true leaders.’

Eventually the Soviet troops withdrew, but the tribal elders and system continued to suffer as the country descended into a new era of warlordism that annihilated every value of the Afghan society. The Taliban emerged as a result of that warlordism but further expanded the fight against tribal values. More recently, hundreds of tribal elders in the tribal areas as well as in Afghanistan and Pakistan were murdered in a series of target killings because they were believed to be supporters of the governments. Particularly in the tribal areas, many tribal jirgas and gatherings were targeted by suicide attacks in recent months.

The New York Times report correctly said that: ‘Some Afghans warn that the tribal system is not a panacea and fear that the United States is adopting a quick-fix approach that will not create long-term stability. They see the tribes inherently anachronistic, sexist and corrupt – a system that further undermines the already extraordinarily difficult task of creating multi-ethnic, merit-based institutions. They warn that the country would be thrown into the hands of myriad tribal militias that the central government could never control.’

So, instead of short-term and quick-fix strategies that create more problems in the long run, there should be a long-time commitment for stabilizing the government, promoting democratic values, human rights and civil society, reducing poverty, and working for capacity building in Afghanistan. That is the only way to a long-time solution in this war-torn country.

د کابل خلک وايي “کابل دې بې زرو وي خو بې واورو نه.” دا لدې امله چې په ژمي کې د واورو نه کېدل په دوبي کې د اوبو کمبود راولي او له امله يې هېواد د وچکالۍ سره مخ کېږي. سږ کال د واورې او بارانونو د نه کېدو له امله ژمى تر پخوا کم يخ ګڼل کېده او وېره وه چې هېواد به له وچکالۍ سره مخ شي، خو پرون هغه وخت د کابل د اوسېدونکو مخونه وغوړېدل چې د لومړي ځل لپاره پرېمانه واوره راښکته شوه.
د دوو ورځو پرله پسې واورې ورېدو د کابل ښار سپين وپوښه چې له امله يې موسم هم بېرته يو څه سوړ شو. د زياتې او پرله پسې واورې ورېدو له امله په ښار او شاوخوا سيمو کې يو څه ترافيکي مشکلات او هغه خلک چې د سرپناه ځايونه نلري د ستونځو سره مخ شوي دي، په ځانګړي ډول هغه خلک چې په هلمند او نورو جنوبي ولايتونو کې د جګړو له امله بې ځايه شوي او اوس په کابل کې د ډېرو سختو مشکلاتو لاندې ژوند تېروي.

The United Nations, the United States, the Afghan government, and many other countries and entities have been very busy right now in making, or paving way for, a reconciliation plan with the Taliban that is likely to be announced at an important international forum: the London conference for Afghanistan, on Thursday, Jan. 28.
For his part, the U.N. special representative in Afghanistan, Kai Eide, ‘towards a first step to opening direct negotiations with the insurgent group, sought the removal of at least some senior Taliban leaders from the United Nations’ list of terrorists,’ The New York Times reported on Jan. 24. (The U.N. has now removed names of five former Taliban officials from the blacklist).
The next day, BBC reported that the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, ‘told Financial Times newspaper that there had been “enough fighting.”’ And that ‘political solution in all conflicts was “inevitable.”’
Inevitably, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan had to outline a strategy for this whole reconciliation and reintegration plan. On Jan. 17, his spokesman, Waheed Omar, told a news conference that followers of the Taliban who defect will be offered jobs and security. Later, President Karzai himself provided more explanation and said: ‘Through a national reconciliation strategy, we want to absorb the Taliban fighters who don’t have links with Al Qaeda network and other terrorist groups.’
The response from the opposite side was clear: The Taliban militants launched a brazen attack on central Kabul, very close to the Palace where President Karzai was busy in preparing his reconciliation plan. The day-long standoff came to an end after three security men and two civilians were killed and 71 more injured. The attack was not very important in terms of casualties, but had much bitter impacts in terms of creating chaos and challenging the huge presence of the international and Afghan forces in a heavily fortified central part of the city.
Contrary to that, the response from a former jihadi warlord and currently wanted terrorist leader, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, was softer and inviting. Instead of launching an armed attack, he released a taped statement in which, according to the Wall Street Journal, he outlined a roadmap for political reconciliation. President Karzai has included one of Hekmatyar’s former party members, Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal, in his new cabinet which may help the two to come close.
As the past 8 years’ war proved that fighting only brings more destruction and frustration, and in the particular case of Afghanistan it only helped the insurgents to grow and expand, the entire world is now suggesting for the peace talks with the insurgents. But a huge problem still remains at place: the lack of trust among the involved parties. Though the United States, Pakistan and Iran are the main partners of the conflict, Saudi Arabia, China, India and many other countries may also have their shares. And for now, it is clear that the United States is not going to trust on Pakistan, while Pakistan will never trust on Afghanistan and India. The same is true between Iran and the United States, between Pakistan and Iran, between India and China, and the rest.
The Taliban have their own reservations about this plan. Their utmost demand is the withdrawal of the international troops, while the international community is offering reconciliation amid sending more troops. Ostensibly the strategy is aimed to weaken the Taliban by deploying the additional troops and at the same time offering them an opportunity to reconcile with the Afghan government. That may work for people who are fighting for financial incentives but not for ideologically motivated core elements and the ones that are trained and supported from outside Afghanistan. There is a strong possibility that the Taliban who defect for money may switch sides back as soon as the international forces are out of the country or they think the Taliban are stronger again.
Taking this into consideration, many Afghans believe that this plan, and even this conference, is just another talk show that will not bring any change and will have not any new impacts on their lives and the situation in general in Afghanistan. Haji Naqeebullah Muhabbat Khan, a former jihadi commander and a tribal elder in eastern Afghan province, when asked about the moot, said:
‘During the last few years, several conferences were held for development of Afghanistan and huge amounts of money were pledged but most of it went back to the pockets of foreigners.’
This is a general concern about the money that comes to Afghanistan and much of it is taken back by the people who bring it. The sub-contracting system has made the construction work very complicated and the NGO business has underlined the government bitterly. This has now resulted into uncontrollable corruption in the government as well as the private sector. For Afghans, corruption is now a problem bigger and more dangerous than the insurgency.
For better and effective results, the international community, particularly the United States, has to make a realistic and long-term strategy that can work in the regional context. For that, the Afghan government needs to be fully supported and given more authority and independence in decision-making, especially when it comes to crucial issues like reconciliation, spending the aid money, and making security plans. The international community needs to work more with the neighboring countries that are part of the problem to pressurize them to adopt a positive approach towards the solution of the conflict and stop dreaming of conquering Afghanistan after the international forces leave.