This picture stood out in happy contrast from the many images of war that we get from Afghanistan, though a bomb went off at the site shortly after the concert ended, injuring 13 people.

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Afghan singer Farhad Darya performs during a concert for Afghan women to mark International Peace Day, in Kabul, Afghanistan, 22 September 2010. Farhad 'Darya' Nasher is an Afghan-American singer and composer, and Good Will and Peace Ambassador for Afghanistan to the United Nations. During the Taliban regime, music was banned across the country as it was considered un-Islamic.