Afghanistan News » Kabul News Afghanistan » Kabul » Music: The Taliban Drove This Afghan Trumpeter Into Exile. He Still Dreams of Home
A s the Taliban entered Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 15, 2021, Qudrat Wasefi, a resolute 22-year-old trumpeter, flung open the windows of his music school’s empty wood-paneled studio and started to ...
News Afghanistan » Kabul » Music: From Canada to Kabul: Afghan singer seeks to restore music education
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, ...
News Afghanistan » Kabul » Music: Music making comeback in Afghanistan
Music that Afghans were made to stay away from or risk being targeted by the Taleban militants are once again ringing loud. That trepidation no longer exists as strongly as it once was. This privilege ...
News Afghanistan » Kabul » Music: Afghan taxi drivers defy Taliban music ban, turn up tunes in Kabul
For more than five years, the music that once echoed through restaurants, cafes and shops across Kabul has largely disappeared. Since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, public venues have been ...
News Afghanistan » Kabul » Music: Afghan taxi drivers defy Taliban music ban in KabulPublished on: September 27, 2026 2:43 PM
Pakistan, Sept. 27 -- Afghan taxi drivers are quietly playing music in their cars despite a Taliban ban enforced by morality police. Music has largely disappeared from Kabul's restaurants, cafes and ...
News Afghanistan » Kabul » Music: ‘Afghan culture should not vanish’: Taxi drivers defy Taliban ban on music despite fear of morality police
Taxi drivers in Afghanistan are turning on the tunes in their cars, defying a ban imposed by the Taliban government despite the fear of getting caught ...