This photo taken on September 14, 2021 shows Taliban fighters standing in a room where instruments are kept at the Afghanistan National Institute of...
This photo taken on September 14, 2021 shows a room with musical instruments at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul. - The Taliban,...
Marzia, viola, center, practices with an ensemble for an upcoming spring performance at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul,...
Sevinch, on the violin and as a conductor, a member Zohra, AfghanistanÕs all-female orchestra, poses for a portrait at the Afghanistan National...
This photo taken on September 14, 2021 shows a Taliban fighter standing guard at the entrance gate of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in...
This photo taken on September 14, 2021 shows a member of the Taliban walking in a corridor at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul. -...
This photo taken on September 14, 2021 shows a member of the Taliban showing a piano at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul. - The...
Dr. Ahmed Sarmast watches Meena practice the Cello at Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 2, 2021.
Visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Afghan President Hamid Karzai stand to attention as national anthems are played prior to their...
Visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Afghan President Hamid Karzai stand to attention as national anthems are played prior to their...
President Hamid Karzai listens to national anthem during a four-day long loya jirga, a meeting of over 2,000 Afghan tribal elders and leaders in...
Dr. Ahmed Sarmast watches Meena practice the Cello at Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 2, 2021.
Girls leave the school after finishing the Zohra rehearsal at Afghanistan National Institute of Music, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 18, 2021.
Shugufa, conducts a rehearsal for the Zohra Orchestra at Afghanistan National Institute of Music, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 18, 2021.
Marzia, left, tunes her viola, in between rehearsal periods for Zohra orchestra at Afghanistan National Institute of Music, in Kabul, Afghanistan,...
This photo taken on September 14, 2021 shows a Taliban fighter sitting in a courtyard at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul. - The...
In this photo taken on February 19 Afghan conductor Negina Khpalwak the first female orchestra conductor in Afghanistan, plays piano at the...
Ramiz, 19 years old, music student from the National Institute of Music of Afghanistan , plays Afghan instrument called rubab, at the Music...
An Afghan wooden harmonium and other Afghan musical instruments of the National Institute of Music of Afghanistan are seen on stage prior to a...
Gulalai Norestani and Huma Rahimy , members of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music Sitar and Sarod Ensemble, perform in the Dean Aceson...
Ahmad Sarmast, left, Director of the Afghan National Institute of Music, warns students to take security precautions in the wave of a suicide attack...
This photo taken on September 14, 2021 shows a room to play piano at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul. - The Taliban, who banned...
Shogufa, 19 years old, music student from the National Institute of Music of Afghanistan , talks with her family in Afghanistan, during an interview...
Marina clarinet player, looks aside during the Zohra rehearsal at Afghanistan National Institute of Music, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 18,...
Director of the National Institute of Music of Afghanistan , Ahmad Sarmast , poses for a photograph at the Music Conservatory of Braga, north of...
In this photograph taken on January 8 Afghan music students play during a rehearsal at The Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul. In the...
Entertainment-Afghanistan-unrest-music,FEATURE by Claire Truscott This picture taken on January 29, 2012 shows an Afghan youth playing the violin at...
Young member of ANIM group reacts as she is embraced in a welcome by Dr. Ahmad Sarmast, founder and director of the school, before exiting the SAS...
Young member of ANIM holds his Afghan passport while riding in the bus to immigration after deplaning the SAS charter flight that brought Afghanistan...
Young members of ANIM smile while riding in the bus to immigration after deplaning the SAS charter flight that brought Afghanistan National Institute...
Mask-clad members of ANIM are being filmed as they exit the SAS charter flight that brought Afghanistan National Institute of Music 's 273 Students,...
Mask-clad members of ANIM group sit waiting to exit the SAS charter flight that brought Afghanistan National Institute of Music 's 273 Students,...
Young orphan girl plays the piano in a music class in the Afghan National Institute of Music on October 19, 2011 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Afghan...
Students identity cards in the instruments storage room in Afghan National Institute of Music on October 19, 2011 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Afghan...
Afghan students at the Afghan National Institute of Music, right, practice lessons on the sitar given by an Indian husband and wife team September 6,...
Ramiz, 19 years old, music student from the National Institute of Music of Afghanistan , plays Afghan instrument called rubab, at the Music...
Director of the National Institute of Music of Afghanistan , Ahmad Sarmast , poses for a photograph at the Music Conservatory of Braga, north of...
Japanese-born American violinist Midori Goto and music students from the National Institute of Music of Afghanistan stand up at the end of a concert...
Music students of the National Institute of Music of Afghanistan hold their instruments at the backstage prior to a concert at the Music Conservatory...
Director of the National Institute of Music of Afghanistan , Ahmad Sarmast , talks with students prior to a concert at the Music Conservatory of...
Music students from the National Institute of Music of Afghanistan rehearse at the backstage prior to a concert at the Music Conservatory of Braga,...
Dr. Ahmad Sarmast, center, supervises an ensemble practicing for an upcoming spring performance at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in...
In this photo taken on February 19 Afghan music students play during a rehearsal at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul....
In this photograph taken on January 8 Afghan music students play during a rehearsal at The Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul. In the...
In this photograph taken on July 30 Afghan music students play during an orchestra practice session at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in...
Afghan music students Gulaliy and Homa listen to their teacher Erfabn Mohammad Khan play the sitar at Afghanistan's National Institiute for Music in...
Mask-clad young member of ANIM group carries his musical instrument and Afghan passport as he exits the SAS charter flight that brought Afghanistan...
7th grade student practices on a concert grand piano at the Afghan National Institute of Music September 6, 2016 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The music...
Afghan boys practice their colored recorders with an instructor at the Afghan National Institute of Music September 6, 2016 in Kabul, Afghanistan....
Music student of the National Institute of Music of Afghanistan holds an Afghan instrument caled rubab at the backstage prior to a concert at the...
Music students from the National Institute of Music of Afghanistan rehearse at the backstage prior to a concert at the Music Conservatory of Braga,...
This photo taken on September 14, 2021 shows viola player Bahar from the National Institute of Music speaking during an interview with AFP at a house...
Young Afghan musician perform during a stage performance at French Culture Center in Kabul on January 31, 2013. Afghanistan's youth orchestra flies...
S Afghan traditional music ensemble perform at "The importance of music for the Union of peoples" event co-hosted by the Escola de Música do...
Young Afghan musician perform during a stage performance at French Culture Center in Kabul on January 31, 2013. Afghanistan's youth orchestra flies...
Young Afghan musician perform during a stage performance at French Culture Center in Kabul on January 31, 2013. Afghanistan's youth orchestra flies...
Young Afghan musician perform during a stage performance at French Culture Center in Kabul on January 31, 2013. Afghanistan's youth orchestra flies...
Young Afghan musician perform during a stage performance at French Culture Center in Kabul on January 31, 2013. Afghanistan's youth orchestra flies...
Afghanistan players line up for the national anthem during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup match between England and Afghanistan at Perth Stadium on...
Players of Afghanistan line up for the National Anthems ahead of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup India 2023 between India and Afghanistan at Arun...
