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Haidar Salim

Haider Salim (Persian: حيدر سليم ) is a Tajik singer of Afghanistan. He now resides in Fremont, California, U.S., continuing singing in exile. Already popular before the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, he is one of the few surviving singers of Afghanistan’s 70s era musician collection who’ve maintained their popularity throughout the decades, particularly among the Afghan diaspora in the West.

He is brother to Salma Jahani and brother-in-law to Rahim Jahani. List of CD's Sorood-e Kabul, Pay- Ashk, Taqdeer, Sapidah, Dukhtar-e Afghan, Nawa-e Dil, Majlisi1, Maykadah, Majlisi2, In Concert with Salma, Mastee, Kabul Zeba.

Haider Salim performing Ahmad Zahir's classic hit Imshab Bayadat, inspired by Elvis Presley's number one hit "It's Now or Never." Filmed by Cinevision Studios in the center of the Western Hemisphere's Afghan world, the San Franscisco Bay Area.