Radio Afghanistan

In 1925, a 200 watt Russian transmitter operating at AM 833 kHz was installed in Kabul Palace by King Amanullah Khan.

As King Mohammed Zahir Shah tried to reinforce his goal of pan-Afghan unity, the station's name was changed in 1953 to the Afghan Broadcasting System, and again in 1960 to Radio Afghanistan.

Throughout the modern history of Afghanistan, the radio has been controlled by (and renamed by) the currently ruling party or organization.

During the 1990s civil war, the radio station was damaged several times during the fighting, changing hands as different factions gained control of Kabul.

In 1996, when the Taliban gained control of Kabul, the station's name was changed to the Voice of Sharia (Pashto: د شریعت غږ, romanized: Da Shariat Ghagh; Dari: صدای شریعت, romanized: Sadâ-e Shariat).

Central control panel at Radio Kabul transmitter in the 1950s. The transmitter could be heard as far as South Africa and Indonesia .
Radio Kabul studio in the 1960s