But Dr. Ahmad Sarmast also remembers how musicians under the first Taliban regime continued to play music quietly, in secret, in basements, storerooms, and caves. Sponsor Message ...

Taliban bans women from singing or reading out loud in public 00:54. Afghan women have turned to social media to protest the latest draconian edict issued by Afghanistan 's Taliban rulers, which ...

Shot in Greece after Taliban control forced a dramatic relocation from Kabul, "Sima's Song" emerged from Sadat's determination to challenge oversimplified narratives about Afghan women's struggles.

Music is a source of self-expression, connection, celebration, solace, transcendence, empathy and joy. Yet the Taliban see it as a profound threat to its extremist ideology, an un-Islamic practice.

Afghan musician Farida Tarana's new song, Group Sex, in which she criticizes polygamy and Taliban restrictions on women, has caused an uproar in Afghanistan since it was released three months ago.

Islamabad — In 2010, two Afghan sisters rebelled against their family's wishes and their country's traditions by not only singing, but singing in public, even posting videos of their music online.

Music and specifically "cassette tapes" are banned (the Taliban's knowledge of music platforms seems to date to earlier citations from the '90s).

The Taliban are obliterating them from view. Silencing their voices and denying them freedoms that men and boys enjoy. Afghan women defying the Taliban through song – Winnipeg Free Press ...

Roya Sadat’s “Sima’s Song,” which world premiered at the Tokyo Film Festival, chronicles a pivotal moment in Afghanistan’s history through the lens of two college students in 1978.