Radio Azadi
Radio Azadi is the Afghan service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, producing news and current affairs in Dari and Pashto. It has been broadcasting to Afghanistan since 2002 and remains one of the most widely trusted news sources among Afghans both inside the country and across the diaspora.
Alongside news, Azadi produces a substantial slate of programmes that reach well beyond politics: Sarod-o-Sokhan (Song and Speech) and its Pashto counterpart Da Sandaro Melmana are daily music and poetry programmes, and Saat-e-Darsi broadcasts school lessons for girls excluded from formal education. Several of these are available as podcasts on Sandar.
Azadi's output is produced from Prague with reporting from inside Afghanistan. Its reach matters: in a media environment where many independent outlets have closed or relocated since 2021, Azadi is one of the few services still producing original daily journalism in both national languages.
Languages Dari, Pashto · Operator RFE/RL · Format News, current affairs, music and cultural programming
Listen live on Sandar, free and in the browser — no app to install. Radio Azadi streams directly from the broadcaster, so this is the same feed going out on air. Free accounts get a daily listening allowance across all stations; Plus removes it.
Radio Azadi podcasts on Sandar
3 programmes from this broadcaster are also available on demand here, 708 episodes in total — so you can catch a programme you missed rather than waiting for it to come round again on air.
سرود و سخن (397 episodes) · ساعت درسی (288 episodes) · دیدگاه زن - آن سوی دروازه (23 episodes)
Other stations on Sandar
Sandar Mix · RTA Taranum FM · RTA Milli Radio · Begum FM · Radio Salam Watandar · Radio Afghanistan International · BBC Pashto · VOA Ashna (Dari) · VOA Ashna (Pashto)