Shamshad Radio & Television Network (Pashto: شمشاد‎) is based in Afghanistan and Dubai. Shamshad was launched in early 2006 and broadcasts 24 hours a day. Shamshad TV is one of the most popular Pashto language television stations in Afghanistan. Shamshad is locally available in Kabul and Eastern provinces like Ningrahar and Konar. It is also broadcast in Kunduz and Mazar e Sharif Northern zone of Afghanistan. Signals are transmitted to Herat, Kandahar, Helmand, Paktia, Ghazni, Khost and other part of the country. Shamshad briefly broadcast to European and North American viewers in 2007.