Can Persians and Afghans understand each other?

Most Afghans (though perhaps not all) do understand Dari/Persian, even in the Pashto speaking areas. It depends on the area they come from. There are many Persian phrases which Dari speakers struggle to understand e.g name of fruits or terms which exist in Iranian Persian only.

Can Persian speakers understand Dari?

Dari and Farsi speakers can understand each other and conduct communications very easily. In general, there are few differences between formal Dari and Farsi. However, when spoken informally, the differences increase between the two accents. In comparison to Farsi, Dari uses more English borrowed words.

What is the difference between Afghan and Dari?

Dari is a term long recommended by Afghan authorities to designate the Persian dialects spoken in Afghanistan, in contrast to the dialects spoken in neighboring Iran.

Do most Afghans understand Urdu?

Actually most Afghans have been lived in Pakistan and Pakistan is the neighbor country to Afghanistan so there is a big part of Afgans understand Urdu language and can speak, write and read. Yes with a caveat. Urdu was originally derived from Persian and still shares about 70\% of its vocabulary with Persian.

What is the percentage of Dari in Pakistan?

According to CIA World Factbook, Dari Persian is spoken by 78\% (L1 + L2) and functions as the lingua franca, while Pashto is spoken by 50\%, Uzbek 10\%, English 5\%, Turkmen 2\%, Urdu 2\%, Pashayi 1\%, Nuristani 1\%, Arabic 1\%, and Balochi 1\% (2021 est).

Do Farsi and Dari speakers understand each other easily?

Dari speakers have a different accent and also use words differently than Farsi speakers. You will also see that Dari speakers use a slightly different way of verbally conjugating verbs. All in all, Farsi and Dari speakers understand one another easily.