The Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan in 2021 meant not only the end of a government but also the imposition of an ...

In exile, Afghan musicians struggle to preserve their craft as Pakistan's deportations push them toward the Taliban repression they fled.

Since coming to power in 2021, Taliban authorities have banned ... He started playing more than 20 years ago during a music revival in Afghanistan after the end of the previous Taliban rule.

But that heritage is threatened in Afghanistan under the Taliban authorities' near-total ban on music, considered corrupting in their strict interpretation of Islamic law. Since coming to power in ...