Ahmad Zahir (Pashto / Dari: احمد ظاهر; 14 June 1946 – 14 June 1979) was an Afghan singer, songwriter and composer. Dubbed the " Elvis of Afghanistan ", [1] he is widely considered the all-time greatest singer of Afghanistan. [2] . The majority of his songs were in Dari followed by Pashto, with a few in Russian, Hindi and English. [3][4]

On June 14, 1979 — his thirty-third birthday — Ahmad Zahir was killed. The government said he had a traffic accident; everybody else says he was shot in the head. News spread through the country like a shock wave.

2018年12月28日 · 这就是艾哈迈德·查希尔 (Ahmad Zahir)，创造阿富汗流行文化的轰动人物，阿富汗前总理的儿子。 在上世纪六七十年代阿富汗繁荣的黄金时代，他是一位多产的唱片艺术家和大众音乐偶像。 查希尔的音乐吸收了波斯诗歌和印度古典音乐的风格，并且越来越显示出一种政治影响力。 他批评苏联支持的阿富汗马克思主义政权，后者在1978年的军事政变后上台。...

2018年12月6日 · A new documentary celebrates Ahmad Zahir, the ‘60s and ‘70s icon who mysteriously died in 1979. Arwa Haider finds out how Zahir combined popularity with protest.

2018年12月30日 · 这就是艾哈迈德·查希尔(Ahmad Zahir)，创造阿富汗流行文化的轰动人物，阿富汗前总理的儿子。 在上世纪六七十年代阿富汗繁荣的黄金时代，他是一位多产的唱片艺术家和大众音乐偶像。

2016年6月14日 · When Ahmad Zahir took the stage he was loud, frequently drunk and sexually charged, generating intense enthusiasm among female fans. “The women loved the way he expressed himself,” says Nabila Furmoly, a researcher in Afghan music at the University of Munich. “It was ahead of the time and rebellious.

2010年2月1日 · Zahir is the latest of NPR's 50 Great Voices, in which we're discovering influential singers around the world — living or dead, famous or not. The list includes Zahir, who's sometimes seen as...

Zahir was recognized by NPR as one of the 50 GREAT VOICES that changed the world. His burial site has been rebuilt by fans and since then, every June 14, his birthday, pilgrims have flocked to the Cemetery on the southern edge of Kabul to lay flowers on his grave and play one of his last memorable songs.

2024年6月3日 · In 2020 he started growing a full beard. A now-deleted YouTube channel ascribed to him reportedly showed the man with a Taliban flag in his profile picture. He also allegedly uploaded videos of the late Ahmad Zahir Aslamiyar — a radical preacher from Afghanistan who had called for war with the West and died fighting Western troops in his home ...

Our documentary, "ZAHIR," explores the life and impact of Ahmad Zahir amid the turbulent backdrop of Afghan politics and culture. Through rare archival footage and interviews, we paint a vivid picture of a bygone era, shedding light on Ahmad Zahir's significance as a cultural figure and the circumstances surrounding his untimely demise.