In this section, Western and traditional Afghan instruments came together to produce a medley including Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Johannes Brahms and Sarzamin E Man by Amir Jan Saboori.

Afghan music students, teachers and their families disembark from their flight to Lisbon on Dec. 13. The group of more than 270 evacuees had been staying in Doha, awaiting resettlement in Portugal.

Sarmast, the first Afghan to earn a doctorate in music, set up the school in 2010. The school operates under the Ministry of Education with hefty foreign funding.

Global leaders who attend the annual World Economic Forum in Davos are used to discussing women's rights on panels. On Thursday they got a chance to hear an all-female Afghan orchestra that has ...

The Afghan Youth Orchestra is on the New York leg of a U.S. tour. Many of its members are not far removed from eking out a living on the streets of Kabul.