‘Art’ says Ustad Farida Mahwash, ‘is about affection and kindness.’ Ghazals afghans : secular and sacred poems of love is her new album. For most of her 61 years Mahwash has been Afghanistan’s ...

Two soldiers make music while on deployment in Afghanistan. — -- Maybe it was bound to happen: After 15 years of war, two talented soldiers cross paths and discover a mutual love of music. That’s ...

To Western eyes, Afghanistan appears only as a land of war and devastation. But an Oscar-nominated documentary reveals a touching truth – that Afghanistan can also be a place of love. The Netflix ...

— An unnamed landay, a traditional Afghan women’s song, recorded in Songs of Love and War, a collection of Afghan poetry. Watch the blue ghost as she glides through the market, sampling the ...

There was an anniversary Friday that didn’t get as much attention as it might have, at least not here: ten years have passed since our war in Afghanistan began, with air strikes and Special Operations ...

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