An American folk/country song about two young lovers on the run is a tale as old as time. But this one’s got a twist: it’s set in Afghanistan. “Lailly and Abdullah” is about Afghan youth in conflict ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Nabih Bakhsh’s family has been part of Afghanistan’s musical tradition for generations. His great-grandfather was a musician in the court of the Afghan emperor 150 years ago.

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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, ...

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 ...

It was a special night for Afghan musicians Homayoun Sakhi (rabab) and Salar Nader (tabla), who performed at Meany Hall Tuesday at the University of Washington Ethnomusicology Division’s Visiting ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Nabih Bakhsh's family has been part of Afghanistan's musical tradition for generations. His great-grandfather was a musician in the court of the Afghan emperor 150 years ago. His ...