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

Their voices have become a social media phenomenon, protesting against restrictions on women’s freedoms.

2 days agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Kawoon KhamooshImage caption, The sisters became a social media phenomenon. Here, recording one of their latest songsBy Kawoon KhamooshBBC 100 WomenAs 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.

"We're going to sing this but it could cost us our lives," one of them said in a recorded video, before they started the tune.

It was released in August 2021, just days after the Taliban takeover, and quickly went viral on Facebook and WhatsApp.

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