LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Louise Pascale, an American music teacher, pulled a three-decade-old Afghan children's songbook from her bookcase, she realised she was likely holding a ...

If there was music or dancing at a wedding, "the head of the family will be arrested and punished." Naghma and other Afghan musicians have kept their music alive from afar — and despite the Taliban's ...

In August 2021, when the Taliban once again seized power in Afghanistan, the entire Afghan Youth Orchestra managed to flee to Europe. For the past four years, the young musicians of the Afghanistan ...

Why this matters: The radio station, which has been operational for 10 years and has eight staff members, six of whom are female, is the only women-run station in the area. The director for ...

Afghan musicians were persecuted after the Taliban gained control of their country in 2021 and many fled to Pakistan. Those who remain there have found ways to continue their profession but now that ...