Trumpeter fled Afghanistan after the Taliban, who prohibit music, regained power. He's seeking asylum in the U.S. along with other refugees ...

After four decades of war and exile, iconic Afghan singer Naghma continues to challenge the Taliban with her music, a defiant voice for a nation's pain and hope.

The singing is punctuated by fast, instrumental sections. Afghanistan's national instrument is the rubab, a short-necked lute. Long-necked lutes like the dambura and the uniquely Afghan tanbur and ...