Ahmad Zahir For Beginners

Directed by Liz Mermin. Known as the Elvis of Afghanistan, Ahmad Zahir died in a car crash in the 1970s, fueling decades of speculation as to what really happened. Beyond the mystery, though, Zahir's music wafts from the windows of Afghans homes around the world, helping exiles and refugees stay connected to their tortured native land - and offering a sense of identity to their children who have never seen the country from which their parents fled.

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[awm001]

Ahmad Zahir was the heart of Afghan music and the energy that kept Afghans alive and going. With his death the Afghan music stood still and even today no other person has been able to revive the Afghan music industry as he did. Besides that his death left the hearts of millions of Afghans empty and without him there is no joy in Afghanistan and no joy in being Afghan. Ahmad Zahir was and still is the pride of our nation. Like US has Elvis, we have Zahir.

God bless this divine personality!

AWM

[GoldenMusic92]

the one and only Ahmad Zahir... We love him !

[getlive7]

None of these new afghan singers can eveb compare to his songs. They are all a bunch of posers and wish they wer like ahmad zahir but are nowhere near close to singing like him

[ahmadiar786]

He was killed by gvt of hafizullah amin , but the main bead in killing ahmadzahir was mahboobullah pacha his best friend who live in usa ! I wish that see him one day hanged in ariana square in kabul

[kirpaangad]

We are still in love with his voice!!! I am a teenager and I love Ahmad Zahir

[rokay12345]

@kabuligm

I saw the same message on most afghani videos (فارسي+١=شيرين.....) what r u trying to prove? U bastard get a fu@king live, I don't think u r afghan and u sending the same message to increase the hatred between afghans, no matter what language we speak we love each other and proud to be AFGHANS,

حرامي لعنتي

[tataiandthegang]

RIP.

[xSobhan]

@awm001 your exaggerating, theres no joy in being Afghan without him? hark.

[Synthpop1000]

Ahmad Zahir  legend!!

[awm001]

@18012009 ok. I get it. :-)

[18012009]

@awm001

...."there is no joy in Afghanistan and no joy in being Afghan."

This above was what you wrote. I didnt mean that you, as a person, is having problemas, but people in Afghanistan are in a terrible situation for long . Maybe that is why many people dont feel proud of beeing afghan, but I dont agree with that thought.