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Afghanistan lets girls sing again after backlash

by AT Contributor March 15, 2021March 15, 2021

A ban on girls singing in public imposed by education officials in the Afghan capital last week has been overturned after a social media campaign that included local women uploading videos of themselves belting out their favorite songs. Schoolgirl choirs are a regular feature of official Afghan events, but when education authorities in Kabul banned […]

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