The positive parity scalar Ds0∗(2317) and axial-vector Ds1∗(2460) charmed strange mesons are generated by coupled-channel dynamics through the s-wave scattering of Goldstone bosons off the pseudoscalar and vector D(Ds
Nearby in the stack
)-meson ground states. The specific masses of these states are obtained as a consequence of the attraction arising from the Weinberg-Tomozawa interaction in the chiral Lagrangian. Chiral corrections to order Q
χ2
are calculated and found to be small. The D
s0∗
(2317) and D
s1∗
(2460) mesons decay either strongly into the isospin-violating
π0
D
s
and
π0
D
s∗
channels or electromagnetically. We show that the
π0
-
η
and (K
0
D
+
-K
+
D
0
) mixings act constructively to generate strong widths of the order of 140 keV and emphasize the sensitivity of this value to the
KD
component of the states. The one-loop contribution to the radiative decay amplitudes of scalar and axial-vector states is calculated using the electromagnetic Lagrangian to chiral order Q
χ2
. We show the importance of taking into account processes involving light vector mesons explicitly in the dynamics of electromagnetic decays. The radiative width are sensitive to both
ηDs
and
KD
components, hence providing information complementary to the strong widths on the positive parity