
Pakistan
Mashaal Radio is RFERL's Pashto language service which broadcasts for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan, Khyber Pashtunkhwa, Pashtun-dominated areas of Balochistan and the Pashtun-dominated provinces of Afghanistan along the 2200-2400km long Durand Line. Mashaal Radio's mission is to promote democratic values, and to work as a surrogate medium of information in the above specified region where free media does not exist. Mashaal Radio broadcasts nine hours daily.