Zarwali Afghan
Zarwali Afghan is a Pashto singer, born in Tagab district in Kapisa province, and the son of Ustad Shah Wali Afghan — the senior figure in Pashto eastern ghazal, whose own catalogue is on Sandar. He is therefore the fourth documented generation of a hereditary musical family: his great-grandfather Khalifa Tabarak Shah, his grandfather Khalifa Bahram Khan and his father all sang before him. His own recordings range more widely than his father's ghazal repertoire. They take in attan and wedding material, studio sessions for Pashto television channels, and live concert performances — the working life of a singer who came up in the era of satellite music programming rather than of Radio Afghanistan. Beyond his parentage and his birthplace, very little about his life has been written down, and what appears here is close to the whole of the published record. If you know his work — dates, albums, where he is now — we would like to hear from you.
40 songs on Sandar, including 20 with video. Stream them free, or go ad-free with Plus.
Songs by Zarwali Afghan
- Che Pa Duniya Ki
- Grana Cherta Tele We
- Kameesoona
- Khudaya Duniya Walarzawe
- Lara Lara
- Mahboob Nazaneene
- Maste Dilroba
- Ne Darzom Ne Ba Raze
- O Laila O Laila
- Pe Jara Me Pase Jara
- Peshawara Khuday Pamaan
- So Ba Pakhtana Aw Zawlane Ba We
- Wa Charsi Lalia
- Walee Na Raaze Wa Halaka
- Wali Marawar Ashna
- Ware Ware
- Wa Yar Paali
- Wa Zulgaya
- Yakh Lagee Badoona
- Za Aw Ta
- Zema Paroon
- Zhowandoon
Music videos
- Attan
- Attan Nice Song
- Baghar La Ta
- Da Yarne Pa Lara
- Ghazal
- Hes Na Sho Pa Laar
- Jar Maste Mahbooba
- Khir De Wakhla Faqera
- Khushal Baba Kalam
- Live On Lemar
- Meena De
- Mina
- Qemat Arzan
- Tappy
- Wa Charsi Lalia
- With Ghezala Javed
- With Latif Nengrahari
- With Shahwali
- Yakh Lagee Badoona
- Zama Ghazal Ghazal Janana