Music of Afghanistan

Since the 1980s, Afghanistan has been involved in near constant violence. As such, music has been suppressed and recording for outsiders minimal, despite a rich musical heritage {{ref|richheritage}}. During the 1990s, the post-Soviet and Taliban governments banned instrumental music and much public music-making {{ref|prohibitmusic}}. In spite of arrests and destruction of musical instruments, Afghan musicians have continued to ply their trade into the present. The capital of Kabul has long been the regional cultural capital, but outsiders have tended to focus on the city of Herat, which is home to traditions more closely related to Iranian music than in the rest of the country {{ref|KabulHerat}}. Lyrics throughout most of Afghanistan are typically in Persian or Pashto.

Related Topics:
1980s - Afghanistan - Music - 1990s - Taliban - Musical instrument - Kabul - Herat - Iranian music - Persian - Pashto

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