Iranica also estimated 25% of Afghanistan natively speaking Dari but also categorized varieties of Persian spoken in central Afghanistan as different languages as Dari, and gave no estimates to the percentage of non-Dari Persian speakers. Iranica also made no reference to how many ethnic Pashtuns spoke Dari as their first language.
Iranica estimated 25% of Afghanistan's population spoke Dari, but categorized varieties of Persian spoken in central Afghanistan as different languages and did not provide estimates for non-Dari Persian speakers. Iranica also made no mention of how many ethnic Pashtuns spoke Dari as their first language.