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 ...

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 ...

THE LAST time Ahmad Fanoos performed in Afghanistan was at a lavish wedding in August 2021, days before America pulled out of its 20-year-long war against the Taliban. A well-known singer and former ...

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 ...

Afghan singer Goodar Zazai says he wept as he saw a recent video of the Taliban humiliating two local musicians and burning their instruments. Filmed near the border with Pakistan in the Zazai Aryub ...

A famous Afghan musician has been reunited with his son in New York City after Fox Corp. helped his family evacuate Afghanistan following a Taliban threat made against them. On Aug. 15, the Taliban ...

Ahmad Gholami, a 25-year-old Afghan musician, had dedicated his life to the art of playing a sitar-like lute called the tanbur. But after nearly a decade mastering the instrument well enough to earn ...

The recent fall of Kabul to the Taliban has raised many concerns. However, the Taliban’s violation of cultural rights is not being adequately prioritized, including its stance on music. The last time ...

Afghanistan has a strong musical tradition and a thriving pop music scene -- now cowed into silence by the Taliban’s rise.