The Taliban have burned musical instruments in Afghanistan, claiming music "causes moral corruption". Thousands of dollars worth of musical equipment went up in smoke on a bonfire on Saturday in ...

Are their treasured instruments safe ... he returned to Afghanistan and in 2010 founded the Afghanistan National Institute of Music. Donations from foreign governments and private sponsors ...

Music was banned when the Taliban ... of murdering a folk singer and smashing up instruments. Many singers and musicians have already fled Afghanistan.