Three artists captured the hearts and minds of Afghans as well as the most air time on Afghanistan satellite tv channels than anybody else… even more than the president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai. Shabnam Suraya was one these three new sensations (other two being Valy and Bashir Hamdard).

Shabnam, a renowned Tajiki singer from Tajikistan, took over the Afghan music industry by a wave of songs backed by…