Qamar Gula is a popular singer from Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

. Among the female singers from Afghanistan, she is very well known and has fans all across Afghanistan and the Pashtun

Pashtun people

Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...

 . She is said to have been among the very first female singers who sang for Radio and Television Afghanistan.
Early life=
Qamar Gula was born in Nangarhar Province

Nangarhar Province

Nangarhar is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan in the east of the country. Its capital is the city of Jalalabad. The population of the province is 1,334,000, which consists mainly of ethnic Pashtuns with a sizable community of Arabs and Pashais....

 of Afghanistan. She started her singing career when she was only seven years old. Pa ma mayana stargay de sray de, was the first song she sang on Radio Afghanistan which introduced her to the people of Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

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Qamar guls son is Dilawar Zakhil.
Family life

Qamar Gula is a widow of late Mohammad Din Zakhil

Mohammad Din Zakhil

Mohammad Din Zakhil is a singer/composer from Afghanistan.Ustad Zakhil was one of the most talented composer of its time. He had composed over 700 songs for many Afghan singers...

. Qamar Gula along with her three daughters and three sons now resides in Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

where she continues her music career.

Awards

• Golden Medals: Zahir Shah, Daud Khan, Babrak Karmal and Mohammad Najibullah - King and Presidents of Afghanistan.
• Nightingale title: Hamid Karzai - President of Afghansitan
• Best Singer: Ariana Television
• Best Singer: Afghan community of California

External links

• Qamar Gula's interview with BBC Pashto