“These days, some of the songs [by new singers] are not listenable.” Hussam is a 35-year-old Afghan from western Herat Province who spent several years in Iran as a refugee. “Ahmad Zahir is the best ...

“His songs will touch your heart no matter what mood you are in, happy or sad,” says Hashmat, who goes by one name and is the manager of ‘Ahmad ... their studio. Zahir’s best-known works ...

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Ahmad Zahir has left a number of songs and artistic works that are still heard by many fans. Some of his young fans say that Ahmad Zahir created songs based on the preferences of children ...

They said I could not understand Afghanistan unless I heard Ahmad Zahir ... but through his songs, I lived those ambitions." Zahir became a star in the years just before Afghanistan descended ...

Coke Studio’s recently unveiled Laili Jaan may be a groovy new number with an impressive brass section, but the roots of this song go way back, across the Durrand Line. At a time before Afghan ...

Ahmad Zahir was killed in a mysterious car crash in the terrible year of 1979, when violence and mayhem were sweeping the country following Soviet invasion. The aching love songs of Ahmad Zahir ...

Baily also notes that in 2011, a Kabul FM radio station was dedicated solely to the songs of Ahmad Zahir. Ahmad Zahir is a legend for Afghanistan, for all generations – Ahmad Sarmast “Ahmad ...