Afghan academy seeks to ease pain of war with music
A cacophony ranging  from Asian string instruments to the delicate cadences of classical  piano pours out of a two-story building in central Kabul.
Here, at Afghanistan&amp;#8217;s sole music academy,  students are taught music with the hope it will bring comfort in the  face of war and poverty, bringing back cellos and violins to revive a  rich musical legacy disrupted by decades of violence and suppression.
&amp;#8220;We are committed to build ruined lives through music, given its healing power,&amp;#8221; Ahmad Sarmast, head of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, told Reuters.
