But that heritage is threatened in Afghanistan under the Taliban authorities' near-total ban on music, considered corrupting ...

a gift from the German government and the German Society of Music Merchants. Students learned to play traditional Afghan string instruments like the rubah, sitar and sarod. The tabla drum was ...

Fred Smith, nicknamed 'The Singing Diplomat", who has served in Afghanistan talks about a collection of his songs reflecting his feeling about the situation in Afghanistan and the misery of its people ...

Mohsen is still optimistic about the future of the rubab in Afghanistan, saying musicians inside and outside the country have been spurred to keep its traditional music alive. "People don't play ...