An international effort to protect all of Afghanistan's musicians in a time of crisis, along with their extraordinarily rich musical traditions, from the traditional rabab to the latest pop music.
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August 8, 2021 Orchestras and Artists of Afghanistan Insist Taliban Won't Stop the Music from The UK Times
August 19, 2021 I Pray We Will Sing Again - The Bleak Future for Musicians in Afghanistan from The UK Times
August 26, 2021 Taliban to Ban Music in Public Because it is Un-Islamic from the UK Times
August 31, 2021 Taliban Executes Folk Singer after Announcing a Public Music Ban in Afghanistan from Classic FM
September 4, 2021 Afghan Musicians Silently Await their Fate as Taliban’s Ban Looms from The Guardian
September 8, 2021 After Taliban's Takeover, Piano and Other Musical Instruments Destroyed from Republic World
September 10, 2021 Afghan Female Orchestra's Escape Halted 100 Yards from Freedom from Wall Street Journal
September 10, 2021 Local Woman Helps Female Afghanistan Musicians from Bainbridge Island Review
September 12, 2021 Afghan Musicians Flee Kabul Fearing for Their Lives Under Taliban Rule from NDTV
September 16, 2021 On the Run from the Taliban; Musicians Face Uncertain Future from Billboard
September 16, 2021 Afghan Musicians Mourn Abandoned Instruments after Taliban Takeover from France 24
September 16, 2021 Afghanistan's Singers Flee Taliban Violence from BBC News
September 17, 2021 I'm Alive But the Taliban Took My Soul from France 24
September 18, 2021 Now, Silence: Afghan Musicians Abandon Their Instruments from Manila Standard
September 22, 2021 Once Thriving Afghan Music Scene is Going Silent from Las Vegas Sun
September 23, 2021 Under Taliban, Thriving Afghan Music Scene Heads to Silence from AP News
September 24, 2021 Images Show Afghan Musicians Living in Fear As Taliban Atrocities are Exposed from Republic World
September 29, 2021 Afghan Music Scene Going Silent Under the Taliban from Hindustan Times
October 3, 2021 The Taliban are Trying to Murder Music from The UK Times
October 3, 2021 Afghan Musicians Flee, Fearing Taliban Rule from The New York Times
October 4, 2021 Afghan orchestra musicians, music students and teachers have escaped the Taliban NPR
October 4, 2021 Afghan Female Musicians Evacuated to Qatar After Prior US-Led Effort Fell Short from The Wall Street Journal
October 4, 2021 More than 100 Afghans from Music School Flown Out of Country from AP News
October 4, 2021 Afghan Music School Students Flown Out, Headed to Portugal from News Channel 3
October 5, 2021 Asylum Call for Afghan Musicians Backed by Some NI Politicians from BBC News
October 5, 2021 100 Musicians Flee Afghanistan Head to Portugal from The NY Post
October 6, 2021 Viral Load from CBC Listen
October 8, 2021 Portugal: Afghan Music Students Granted Asylum The Pie News
October 13, 2021 Fleeing Afghan Musicians Stuck in Limbo in Pakistan from Aljazeera
October 13, 2021 Performers Urge UK Govnts to Provide Visas to Silenced Afghan Musicians from Violin Channel
October 22, 2021 Afghan musicians urge Taliban to facilitate alternative jobs to them as music is banned from ANI
November 2, 2021 Three Wedding Guests Gunned Down for Playing Music at Wedding from Newsweek
November 18, 2021 Kabul's 'music street' falls silent under Taliban rule from The National
November 18, 2021 Afghanistan's only music school completes exit from Kabul fearing Taliban crackdown from NBC News