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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Zohra Ahmadi rehearses with the Afghan Youth Orchestra in Braga, Portugal, on July 29. (Marc Smith) NEW YORK — The Taliban tried ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BALTIMORE -- The melody was played on turquoise ukuleles, with children beating out the rhythm on miniature drums. “I feel peace ...

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 ...

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 ...

When the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 2021, they quickly banned music, declaring it un-Islamic. Musicians faced threats, raids, and the destruction of their instruments. “Our homes were ...

The first time Arson Fahim saw a piano is seared into his memory. He was a young boy, an Afghan refugee in Pakistan, when he saw the film The Pianist. "I saw this movie and I was, like, 'Wow, how can ...

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 ...

A popular Afghan singer has been missing for more than a month in Kabul, where she shot to fame with her performance on a popular television talent show nearly a decade ago. Zulala Hashimi’s husband ...

Borrowing part of a quote from David Bowie, the Afghan Whigs have announced the name of their new album, and a slew of fall ...