KABUL, Afghanistan – On the eve of one young Afghan’s engagement party, a lavish four-hour lunchtime affair at a local wedding hall, he received word that at least ten Taliban would attend to observe ...
FILE PHOTO: Afghan music students participate in a music training session at a cultural and educational centre in Kabul (Reuters) - Even before the last U.S. flight left Kabul at midnight on Monday, ...
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 ...
Music is banned at home. But after fleeing the Taliban into exile, the Afghan Youth Orchestra is performing in Europe about loss, hope, and the power of music. In August 2021, when the Taliban once ...
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 ...
The teen's love for music has become the compass for his healing. Just three days before his first day of high school, Mustafa Aria made a harrowing escape from Afghanistan after he and his family ...
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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, ...
A few years after the Taliban were ousted in 2001, and with Afghanistan still in ruins, Ahmad Sarmast left his home in Melbourne, Australia, on a mission: to revive music in the country of his birth.