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

An Afghan folk singer has been executed by the Taliban just days after the Islamic fundamentalist group declared that "music is forbidden in Islam," according to his family. Fawad Andarabi’s family ...

An Afghan folk singer has been executed by the Taliban just days after the Islamic fundamentalist group declared that “music is forbidden in Islam,” according to his family. Fawad Andarabi’s family ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Nabih Bakhsh's family has been part of Afghanistan's musical tradition for generations. His great-grandfather was a musician in the court of the Afghan emperor 150 years ago. His ...

Five For Fighting singer John Ondrasik released a graphic video for his song "Blood On My Hands" that’s highly critical of the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan. However, he doesn’t see the ...

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 ...

In the bustling lanes of Delhi, a different kind of sound is steeped in nostalgia, resilience, and cultural pride. It's the music of the Salaam Band, an Afghan ensemble formed in exile, but grounded ...

KABUL, August 15 (UNHCR) - His songs evoke the harsh beauty of his native Afghanistan, a country he fled more than 12 years ago, but they were composed in a green and tidy suburb of Toronto, Canada, ...

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 ...

The students of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music fled after the Taliban seized power. Now they are trying to remake their school, and their dreams, in Portugal. Making a new home: Farida ...