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Ahmad Zahir

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Ahmad Zahir

Ahmad Zahir has been played on NTS in shows including Discostan, featured first on 25 August 2022. Songs played include Instrumental and Tura Afsoon Chashmaanam.

Ahmad Zahir (1946 - 1979), was an Afghan singer, songwriter and composer. A celebrity of enduring popularity more than 40 years after his controversial death, he is considered an icon of Afghan culture.

Ahmad Zahir’s fame has surpassed any previous singer in Afghanistan’s history, earning him the title of Afghanistan’s Nightingale. His status, as a pop singer, has been unrivaled even 27 years after his death (as of 2006). Posthumously granted the status of a luminary, his songs serve to this…

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Instrumental
Ahmad Zahir
Guerssen2011
Instrumental
Ahmad ZahirGuerssen2011
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Tura Afsoon Chashmaanam
Ahmad Zahir
Pharaway Sounds2012
Tura Afsoon Chashmaanam
Ahmad ZahirPharaway Sounds2012
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