For his fellow exiles, Sadiq Fitrat Nashenas, an 88-year-old star from a golden era, evokes the Afghanistan they left behind, and one that could have been. Sadiq Fitrat Nashenas in the Netherlands in ...

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, ...

Since its founding in 2010, the Afghanistan National Institute of Music has provided unique music training to Afghan children. In 2013, the group made a triumphant visit to the U.S. This month, three ...

“Not just as a musician, but as a human, I don’t think it should be acceptable for an entire country to be stripped of its right to create art or go to school,” says pianist, conductor, and composer ...

Afghan musician Farida Tarana's new song, Group Sex, in which she criticizes polygamy and Taliban restrictions on women, has caused an uproar in Afghanistan since it was released three months ago. She ...

NEW DELHI, India, October 21 (UNHCR) - A former humanitarian aid worker and journalist in Afghanistan, Khalid has found a new vocation as a band manager in India and a new purpose to his life. "This ...