While a student at Habibia High School, he recorded a demo tape which came to the attention of Radio Kabul director and famous Afghan singer Ustad Zaland.
[citation needed] At the early stages of his career, Wali had not yet committed to life as a professional musician, and enrolled in the Kabul Police Academy.
[3] In 1984 and 1985 Wali's concerts in Germany, France, Switzerland, England, and Sweden helped raise funds in support of Afghan refugees displaced by the Soviet-Afghan conflict.
In 1987, Ahmad Wali performed a series of benefit concerts with Abdullah Atemadi and Ensemble in New York, California, and Virginia.
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