Trumpeter fled Afghanistan after the Taliban, who prohibit music, regained power. He's seeking asylum in the U.S. along with other refugees ...

Zohra Ahmadi rehearses with the Afghan Youth Orchestra in Braga, Portugal, on July 29. NEW YORK — The Taliban tried to silence them, at times violently. The musicians from the Afghan Youth Orchestra ...

International donors, including the U.S., have helped refurbish a conservatory in Kabul, but some of the students say they still face ... Music In Afghanistan A Sensitive Subject Afghanistan sits at a ...

After living for decades in exile, chased by war and religious bans, Naghma persists in singing to her people.

BALTIMORE -- The melody was played on turquoise ukuleles, with children beating out the rhythm on miniature drums. “I feel peace when my family is safe,” sang the youngsters and their mothers, who are ...

Three years ago, nearly 300 young Afghan musicians, their teachers and staff from their music school fled Afghanistan in fear for their lives after their country fell again to the Taliban. NPR ...

A collection of music from Afghanistan climbs to No. 12 on iTunes' World Music bestseller charts. Adam Gouttierre and Chris Becherer are two MBA students who recorded traditional music during a trip ...

Since its founding in 2010, the Afghanistan National Institute of Music has provided unique music training to Afghan children. In 2013, the group made a triumphant visit to the U.S. This month, three ...

KABUL (Reuters) - A cacophony ranging from Asian string instruments to the delicate cadences of classical piano pours out of a two-storey building in central Kabul. Here, at Afghanistan's sole music ...

DOHA, Qatar — On the outskirts of Qatar's capital, there's a gated residential compound that was built to house dignitaries attending the 2022 FIFA World Cup. But since August, Park View Villas has ...