Below are links to short audio clips of traditional music from Afghanistan and Pakistan from the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. For full-length audio clips visit the Naxos Music Library.
This streaming audio database contains more than 15,000 CDs and over 230,000 tracks of music including World music. To access full-length audio clips select "Genre" from the search options and then select "World." Works for Afghanistan and Pakistan are arranged alphabetically by country name.
Note: Database access is limited to 5 simultaneous users.
ArchNet is an international online community for architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, conservationists, and scholars with a focus on Muslim cultures and civilizations.
Click on the images link to access image collections of architectural sites from Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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