The UN agency UNESCO agrees, recognising in December the art of crafting and playing the rubab as intangible cultural heritage in Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Made of dried ...

Dozens of archaeological sites in Afghanistan have been bulldozed to allow systematic looting, according to researchers at the University of Chicago. They say their analysis of satellite photos ...

The UN agency UNESCO agrees, recognising in December the art of crafting and playing the rubab as an intangible cultural heritage in Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Made of dried ...

Sakhi has crafted two rubabs a month for decades, and he refuses to set down his tools even as a Taliban crackdown strangles music in Afghanistan.