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Afghanistan’s singing sisters defying the Taliban from under a burka

9th March, 2024 · admin

BBC: As the world was watching the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, two sisters in Kabul were among millions of women in Afghanistan who could directly feel the new regime tightening its grip on them. They decided they couldn’t just stand back and watch women’s freedoms being restricted, and started secretly using the power of their voices to resist. Putting themselves in great danger in a country where musicians can be arrested, they started a singing movement on social media known as the Last Torch. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Women, Art and Culture, Entertainment News, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Music, Social Media, Taliban war on women |
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