Trumpeter fled Afghanistan after the Taliban, who prohibit music, regained power. He's seeking asylum in the U.S. along with other refugees ...

Afghanistan's government has backtracked on an attempt to ban schoolgirls over the age of 12 from reciting poems or singing ...

After four decades of war and exile, iconic Afghan singer Naghma continues to challenge the Taliban with her music, a defiant voice for a nation's pain and hope.

Hidden in the basement of a private home in the Afghan capital Kabul, gym instructor Laila Ahmad takes a group of women ...

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — A women-run radio station in Afghanistan’s northeast has been shut down for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan, a Taliban official said Saturday. Sadai ...

Before Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Sardar Mohammad made his living and provided for his family by playing the harmonium, a traditional folk instrument that was popular at celebrations. Since the ...

Soon after seizing power in Afghanistan, the Taliban outlawed music and publicly beat and humiliated musicians. Now the militant group is intensifying its clampdown on Afghans playing and listening to ...

On Tuesday, the Center for Middle East Studies sponsored a webinar that centered the experiences of Afghans during the ongoing crisis. The event, titled Afghanistan Lives: Then and Now, invited ...