Radio Salam Watandar
Salam Watandar began in 2005 as an Internews project with an unusual model: not a single station broadcasting outward from Kabul, but a national programming service supplying content to dozens of small, independently owned local stations across the provinces.
That structure gave it the widest practical reach of any independent broadcaster in Afghanistan, and it also made it more resilient — a network of local partners is harder to silence than a single transmitter. Salam Watandar produces news, current affairs and public-interest programming in Dari and Pashto, with a long-standing emphasis on reporting from outside the capital.
For diaspora listeners it offers something distinctly different from the international broadcasters: coverage of provincial Afghanistan, produced by people who live there.
Founded 2005 · Frequency 98.9 FM Kabul, plus provincial affiliates · Languages Dari, Pashto · Format News, current affairs
Listen live on Sandar, free and in the browser — no app to install. Radio Salam Watandar 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.
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