The Taliban has released a video of an interrogation of a girl who passed as a boy. It's an age-old practice in this ...

A defiant song, whose lyricist is in prison for snubbing the ayatollah, plays on Jewish themes to confront authoritarian rule ...

Th Afghan rapper's journey is a call to action, urging women to support one another and the world to take responsibility for ...

A special concert supporting Afghan musicians, featuring a 100+ member orchestra and rubab artist Qais Essar, will take place ...

The Star-Spangled Banner' became the country's official national anthem 95 years ago on March 3, and some of the ...

President Trump froze a program to allow Afghans who had worked with American troops to come to the United States. Now Congress has quietly scrapped the visas, leaving little hope of reviving them. By ...

Here is the best song off every Iron Maiden album, tracking the metal trailblazers' ascension from East London pubs to stadium stages around the world. Over the course of 40-plus years and 17 studio ...

Mehr Mumtaz receives funding from the Russell Sage Foundation Dissertation Grant, and the Mershon Center for International Security's Graduate Research Grant. In January 2025, Seema received an email ...

From hyper-speed thrash to melodic hard rock, here is the best song off every Megadeth album. One thing about Dave Mustaine: The mercurial bandleader has rarely stayed in one lane for long. Over the ...

Fans of The Afghan Whigs might not be legion, but they are discriminating and devoted. Now, these music lovers have an extra reason to cheer. The alt-rock band led by singer-guitarist Greg Dulli is ...

The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom. Many of the Afghan ...

Before he was the guy leading stadiums full of fans through the chorus of "Sweet Caroline," Neil Diamond was a kid in Brooklyn writing song lyrics while bored in class. Diamond's expansive songwriting ...