Bakht Zamina

Bakht Zamina (Pashto: بخت زمينه) was a famous Pashto singer who performed in major Pashto music events in Kabul.

Life and death

Bakht Zamina was from Konar. She moved to Kabul to carry on her music career. Zamina was famous for both folk and pop Pashto songs. She had beauty that was matchless and voice that had a great potential. Some say she was murdered by the Islamic Unity of Afghanistan Mujahideen after she sang her famous song "Khaija Pa Morchal Bande"— She has long been forgotten by media mainly due to political reasons, over the decades following her death. There has not been a female pashto singer to rival her beauty and voice. Some of her songs were very sympathetic to the then Communist regime of Afghanistan.

Work

Some of her songs were:

• Ma La Ta Juda Kawena
• Yara Ghamjan ba Shay
• Zama Khoga Janana
• Bey Dildara Mey
• Zama da Meene Yaara
• Raasha Raasha
• Khalqi Akhtar dey Mazidar
• Pashto Tapey
• Khaista Zaan me Jorr Karay de
• Sarbaza Yaraa
• Khejja pa Morchal Bande