The tabla artist and another traditional master musician, Quraishi, presented a program of the rich and varied legacy of classical compositions and folk melodies of this ancient Central Asian nation.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court on Friday stopped the deportation of 150 Afghan musicians and singers for at least two months, ordering authorities not to expel or force them to return ...

A new concert organized by NEC student Arson Fahim brings together more than 100 Afghan musicians and composers. He joined GBH's All Things Considered host Arun Rath to discuss how it came together.

When the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 2021, they quickly banned music, declaring it un-Islamic. Musicians faced threats, raids, and the destruction of their instruments. “Our homes were ...

In August 2021, less than two weeks after pianist and composer Arson Fahim '26 left his native Afghanistan to study composition at New England Conservatory, the Taliban took over his homeland and ...

Ustad Nadeem Baksh, a classical singer from Afghanistan, paid Pakistani police a bribe to avoid deportation after law enforcement raided his home in the city of Rawalpindi. But he worries the bribe of ...

Rubab master Homayoun Sakhi and legendary Afghan singer Mahwash perform together as members of the group Voices of Afghanistan. Voices of Afghanistan is an ensemble of Central Asian musicians from ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court ...