Afghan Beats
Raby Adib (C), a member of rock band White Page, checks his guitar during a workshop as part of preparations to Sound Central, a one-day "stealth festival", in Kabul. It was the first music festival the country saw since it plunged into three decades of violence in the late 1970s. – Photo by Reuters
Afghans seen at an underground pre-rock festival concert in Kabul. Afghans are used to having their days broken by a burst of gunfire or the boom of an explosion. – Photo by Reuters
Afghan guitar player Massoud Hassanzada practices rock music at a makeshift studio in their apartment in west Kabul. – Photo by AFP
Two Afghan teenagers listen to pop music as they cruise on a motorcycle on a hilltop park overlooking Kabul. – Photo by AFP
An Afghan shopkeeper waits for customers on his shop which sells musical instruments in the old city of Kabul. – Photo by AFP
An Afghan shopkeeper arranges a drum in his shop which sells musical instruments in the old city of Kabul. – Photo by AFP
Afghan youths play their respective instruments at Afghanistan's National Institiute for Music in Kabul. – Photo by AFP
Afghan music student Mushgan ,15, plays a traditional musical instrument at Afghanistan's National Institute for Music in Kabul. – Photo by AFP
Afghan music students Gulaliy (R) and Homa (L) listen to their teacher Erfabn Mohammad Khan (L) play the sitar at Afghanistan's National Institiute for Music in Kabul. – Photo by AFP
