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 …