Thanks, Bert; interesting. I assume they are very dependent on rainfall like they are in US. I also "assume" that cheat grass, their main fodder in the US, comes from the same places and that they fatten up on grasshoppers and grainfields like they do here. You'd probably have to watch where you step in some of the places you used to hunt.... I believe my wife may know some Pashto; think I remember she called me a "Zherka" among other things when I brought our retriever home in my game bag after a long day of early season chukar hunting in the Snake River breaks(he recovered).
