With the help of foreign donors, music school principal Ahmad Sarmast managed to get all his students out of Afghanistan. Now the Afghan Youth Orchestra has found a new home in the Portuguese city of Braga. Portugal was the only country that immediately agreed to take in all the orchestra’s members and offer them a future. Yet, many of the young musicians are still minors, who find it especially painful that a lot of their relatives remain in Afghanistan. The Afghan Youth Orchestra is currently touring Europe. Reporter Lisa Louis attended the young musicians’ rehearsals and joined them for a concert on their European tour.