This is a list of notable Afghan singers that have entered the industry, currently working or have left the industry. __NOTOC__

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* Ahmad Wali *

Ahmad Zahir Ahmad Zahir (Dari/Pashto: ; 14 June 1946 – 14 June 1979) was an Afghan singer, songwriter and composer. Dubbed the "Elvis of Afghanistan", he is widely considered the all-time greatest singer of Afghanistan. The majority of his songs were sung ...

Aryana Sayeed Aryana Sayeed (Dari/Pashto: ) is an Afghan singer, songwriter and TV personality. She sings mostly in Dari but also has many songs in Pashto and some in Uzbek. She is one of Afghanistan's most famous musical artist, performing regularly in conc ...

Abdul Rahim Sarban Abdul-Rahim Sārbān' (Persian: ) (1930 – April 2, 1993), known as Sarban, was an Afghan singer who was born in Kabul. He was the first Afghan artist to break away from the prevalent musical forms in Afghanistan at the time, the Indian inspir ...

Amir Jan Sabori Amir Jan Sabori ( fa, امیرجان صبوری) is a singer, musician, composer, and poet from Herat, Afghanistan. There is a documentary about him called ''Golden Dream''. Amir Jan Sabori had a long hiatus in his career but returned in 2005 wi ...

Awalmir Ustad Awalmir ( ps, استاد اولمیر) (May 8, 1931 – April 24, 1982) was an Afghan composer, musician, singer, and poet who wrote and sang in the Pashto language. He began learning music as a teen from various music teachers and began t ...

Asad Badie Asad Badie ( fa, أسد بديع) is a singer from Afghanistan of pop (music), pop music. He is one of the 1980s era singers that emerged as Afghan music was reaching the zenith of its international popularity. As a member of ''Goroh-e-Baran'' ...

* Aziz Herawi

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Bakht Zamina {{Unreferenced, date=March 2017 Bakht Zamina ( ps, بخت زمينه) was a famous Pashto singer who performed in major Pashto music events in Kabul. Life and death Bakht Zamina was from Konar. She moved to Kabul to carry on her music career. Za ...

Beltoon Momin Khan Biltoon ( ps, مومن خان بیلتون; fa, بلتون), also known as his honorific title Ustad Beltoon, was an Afghan Pashtun singer from Kabul Province, Afghanistan. He was born in Chakari village of Khaki Jabbar District, Kabu ...

Burka Band The Burka Band (or the Blue Burqa Band) is an all-female indie rock band from Kabul, Afghanistan since 2002. They perform Anonymity, anonymously, all of the members wearing burqas in an apparent protest against the Taliban's rules regarding Islami ...

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Dawood Sarkhosh Dawood Sarkhosh (also spelled as Daud Sarkhosh) (Dari-Persian: ) born 26 April 1971 in Urozgan, Afghanistan, is an ethnic Hazara singer, musician and poet. Early life Sarkhosh's inspiration was his older brother Sarwar Sarkhosh, a nationali ...

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Ehsan Aman Ehsan Aman (Dari/Pashto: احسان امان – Eḥsān Amān; born 1959) is an Afghan American singer.Voice of AmericaAfghan Pop Singer In The US/ref> He is one of the few veterans of Afghanistan’s lost music Golden Age who've maintained the ...

* Elaha Soroor

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Farhad Darya Farhad Darya (Pashto/Dari: ; born 22 September 1962) is an Afghan singer, composer and music producer who has written and composed songs in various languages. Darya sings in various languages including mostly his native language of Persian/Dar ...

Farid Rastagar Farid Rastagar ( fa, فريد رستگار)(born 26 March 1963) is from Panjshir Province, Panjshir, a singer, music arranger, and composer. He is one of the 1980s era singers who rose to popularity as Afghanistan’s pop music was reaching its z ...

Faiz Karizi Faiz Karizi ( fa, فيض كاريزی) (born 1953) is a popular Afghan singer. He is ranked as the most prolific folkloric singer of Afghanistan and has been referred to as that country's “King of Folklore Music.” Now based out of Sweden, ...

* Farid Zaland

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Hangama Hangama (Dari/Pashto: ) is a singer from Afghanistan. Originally born as Zuhra, her mother chose the name of Hangama for her when she became a singer. She currently lives in Toronto, Canada where she continues her music career. Before her emigr ...

Haidar Salim Haidar Salim (Dari/Pashto: ) is an Afghan singer who resides in Dublin, California. He gained popularity in the 1970s and has maintained popularity throughout the decades. He has had further success with "Ghazal", a song from his new album. He ...

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Jalil Zaland Jalil Zaland (Dari/Pashto: ) (also spelled as Jalil Zoland and Ustad Zoland; or ) was a veteran singer of Afghanistan's golden music era. He is also a poet and music composer. He is the father of Farid Zoland, Shahla Zaland, Soheila Zaland, Wa ...

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* Khyal Muhammad

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* Latif Nangarhari

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* Mohammad Din Zakhil * Mozhdah Jamalzadah * Mohammad Hussain Sarahang * Mahwash * Mohammad Hashem Cheshti * Miri Maftun * Mangal * Mohammad Din Zakhil

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* Nasrat Parsa * Naghma *

Nashenas Dr. Mohammad Sadiq Fitrat, born Sadiq Fitrat Habibi, (Pashto/Dari: ), known professionally as Nashenas (Pashto/Dari: ), is one of the oldest surviving musicians from Afghanistan. His fame began in the late 1950s, and since then he has produced ma ...

* Naim Popal *

Nainawaz Fazel Ahmad Zekrya (Pashto/Dari: ; 1935–1979), known professionally as Nainawaz (Pashto/Dari: ) (or Ustad Nainawaz) was a renowned Afghan artist, poet and composer. He has composed some of the most iconic pieces in Afghan popular music. Backg ...

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* Parasto

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Qamar Gula Qamar Gula (; fa, قمر گل, ; 21 January 1952 – 9 December 2022) was an Afghan Canadian musician, who has been credited with being the second female Pashto language singer (after Rukhshana) to sing for the Radio Television Afghanistan. A v ...

Qader Eshpari Qader Eshpari ( fa, قادر اشپاری), born in September 1967 is an American singer. He is of the new generation of exiled artists who have achieved fame outside of Afghanistan. He currently lives in Fremont, California, United States from ...

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Rafiq Shinwari Mohammad Rafiq Shinwari ( ps, محمد رفیق شینواری) was a singer and composer of Pashto music. Though he also tried his luck with Pashto poetry and wrote a few poems as well but it was his compositions for early Pashto movies that ear ...

* Rahim Mehryar *

Rahim Bakhsh Rahim Bakhsh ( fa, رحیم‌بخش), commonly known as an ustad (maestro) of Hindustani classical music and classical music culture from Afghanistan. He is also well-renowned and popular in a few neighboring countries. He was born in Kharabat (Ka ...

Rezwan Munawar Rezwan Munawar ( ps, رضوان منور, born January 1, 1964) is a Pashto folklore singer who started singing in 1985. He is ethnically Pashtun and belongs to the Safi tribe originally from Mazar valley of Nurgal district of Kunar. He was bo ...

Rishad Zahir Rishad Zahir (Persian: ) is an Afghan singer and musician from the United States. He is the son of the Afghan singer Ahmad Zahir. Early life Rishad Zahir was born in Seattle, Washington during his parents' visit to the United States. After spe ...

Rukhshana Hamida Assil ( 20 December 2020), better known as Rukhshana, was an Afghans, Afghan singer. Referred as one of the first Afghan female singers, she earned her recognition during 1950s and 1970s. Biography Rukhshana (born as Hamida) was born ...

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Sardar Ali Takkar Sardar Ali Takkar ( ps, سردار علي ټکر, born 15 July 1956) is a Pakistani Pashto singer, who primarily sings the poetry of renowned Pashto poet Ghani Khan. Takkar is a graduate of the University of Engineering and Technology in Peshawa ...

Shah Wali Shah Wali Taranasaz ( fa, ), 1927 - 2007, was a “much admired” singer, songwriter and composer from Badakhshan, Afghanistan. Life Taranasaz sang more than 300 songs in Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historic ...

Soosan Firooz Soosan Firooz (also Susan Feroz); ( prs, سوسن فیروز) is an Afghan actress and rapper. She has been described as Afghanistan's first female rapper. She is a controversial figure, challenging societal norms and the traditional role of Afghan ...

Shakeeb Hamdard Shekeb Hamdard ( fa, شكیب همدرد), born as Ahmad Shekeb, is a well-known singer from Afghanistan. He is ethnically Hazara and currently continues his music career in the United States. He is the first winner of ''Afghan Star'', a realit ...

Seeta Qasemi Seeta Qasemi also spelled as Seeta Qasemie ( fa, سيتا قاسمى) is an Afghanistan, Afghan singer-songwriter. She entered the Afghan music scene in 2008. She sings both in Pashto language, Pashto and Dari language, Dari and lives in German ...

Soheila Zaland Sohaila Zaland (Persian:سهیلا زلاند) is a popular singer of Afghanistan. She is the daughter of singer and composer Ustad Zaland. She is sister of composer Farid Zaland and singers Shahla Zaland and Wahid Zaland. Personal life Sohaila ...

Saifo Saifo (Hajji Saifo, 1942?–1998) ( fa, حاجی سيفو) was an Afghan folkloric singer. He is remembered for his controversial and provocative lyrics, much of it he improvised as he sang. He believed the power of verbal freedom (and spontaneit ...

Seema Tarana Seema Tarana also spelled as Sima Tarana () is an Afghanistan, Afghan singer originally from Parwan Province. She is popular in Afghanistan and Tajikistan. She currently resides in Canada. References

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Tawab Arash Tawab Arash ( fa, تواب آرش) (born 1976) is a singer from Afghanistan. He was born in Herat and is the nephew of the acclaimed composer and singer Amir Jan Sabori. He is the younger brother of the famous Afghan film actor Nemat Arash. I ...

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Ubaidullah Jan Obaidullah Jan Kandaharai ( ps, عبیدالله جان کندهاری, translit=Obāidullāh Jān Kāndāhāri ), or simply known as Obaidullah Jan, was a singer from Kandahar, Afghanistan. He was popular among the Pashtuns in southern Afghanist ...

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* Vahid Soroor

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* Wajiha Rastagar * Wahed Wafa

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Zahir Howaida Zahir Howaida, also spelled as Zahir Huwaida (Dari: ) (February 28, 1945 – 5 March 2012), was an Afghan musician. He had been active since the 1960s and his popularity peaked with the hit songs "Kamar Bareek-e-Man" and "Shanidam Az Inja Safar ...

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Afghan Afghan may refer to: *Something of or related to Afghanistan, a country in Southern-Central Asia *Afghans, people or citizens of Afghanistan, typically of any ethnicity ** Afghan (ethnonym), the historic term applied strictly to people of the Pas ...