After lots of anticipation and wait, the beautiful Pashto video of Farhad Darya is finally here… enjoy!

The year 2009 was a very interesting and busy year in the Afghan music industry. A big number of hit and new artists released a list of unforgetable tracks and videos.

The following is a list of most notable and downloaded hit songs of 2009 which gained great popularity and exposure on a variety of websites, radio stations and satellite channels.

The 4th Annual Ariana Television Network’s Awards show was held in Hamburg, Germany on Saturday, December 5th, 2009. Your favorite Afghan celebrities and artists from all over the world were invited and given recognition for their achievements. The awards show reached a global television audience covering the majority of Afghans everywhere. It was a wonderful opportunity for supporting Afghan culture and the performing arts.

Click here to see the list of winners.

Quick post for the fans in Holland… Darya will be performing live in concert on September 26, 2009 in Rotterdam, Holland.

Afghanistan’s upcoming presidential election has been looking increasingly American — with posters, rallies, Web sites and music. The country’s biggest musical star is performing a series of concerts aimed at “rocking the vote.”

A concert Tuesday night in Kabul drew thousands of excited fans. They were divided, Afghan-style, between men and women.

Farhad Darya will have concerts in three major cities of Afghanistan, Jalalabad, Mazar-e Sharif and Kabul.
The tour will kick start on August 3 in Jalalabad at Sports Stadium, followed by Mazar Sharif on August 7 and then ending with the last show in Kabul on August 11 at Sports Stadium.
It should be noted that the admission to these concerts will be free of charge.

UPDATE: You can now download High Quality MP3 of each video below:
Here’s your chance to watch Farhad Darya’s 3 latest music videos all released in August 2009 which seem to target the Afghanistan elections.
All videos are shot by an Indian music director Amarjit-Sawant of Eye Candy Films.
The March video is noticeably beautiful with shots of Darya singing in Dar-ul-Aman castle alongside chorus of young Afghan artists.
March which was originally titled Kheyal-e Man Yaqeen Man, a track critical of the communist regime back in 1990′s was originally released in Darya’s Mehrabani …

Darya, who has brought a fresh breath of air to Afghan music industry with his latest pop rock genre, here can be seen as the foundation for new generation of Afghan artists when it comes to preparing and organizing for concerts.

I am sure you are with me when I say this: This is how it’s supposed to be done.

I had an opportunity to attend Farhad Darya’s concert in Vancouver, Canada (where I live). The quality of sound, music and preparation blew me away. I could not have been any more proud to be a fan of Darya and Afghan music during that concert.

Farhad Darya has been chosen as artist of the year 2008. This was a very important year in Darya’s career since he released two albums, came with a new videoclip “Dohle Bezan” and gave a tour all around the world. The following was stated about the choice for selecting Darya as artist of the year.
“In an effort to recognize the efforts and work of one of Afghanistan most beloved artists in the year 2008, VirtualAfghans.com has chosen Farhad Darya the 2008 artist of the Year.
Mr. Darya had one of the …