Thanks FuteDoc. Yeah, his son does look just like him.

I'm not really into superstars, but Ahmad Zahir will be young and iconic forever, like Che Guevara, James Dean, Nazia Hassan, Princess Diana.

He was a bit of a political lefty and so it isn't without irony that his sister turns out to be George W Bush's personal hairdresser based in DC. You know that Texan cowboy who carpet bombed Afghanistan and Iraq. ... I could give Ahmad Zahir's sister some advice about what she could do with her scissors next time President DubbawYa is in town, but I might get arrested, so I'll keep my thoughts to myself ...

... Anyway roll on Ahmad Zahir ... and let's not forget that even though most his music was in Dari ... the man came from an influential Pashtoon family and his Pashto music, though much rarer is also worthy of note.