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NEWS24 January 2003 Singing Kharabat's praises Kabul's musicians defy violent and abusive conservatives Despite harrasment and killings, the sound of music can be heard once again coming from the ruins of Kabul’s Kharabat Street, the cradle of traditional Afghan songs for centuries. Article from The Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) Related reading Afghanistan: Official sacked over concert with singers without headscarves The organiser of a concert where the singers appeared on stage without headscarves was fired after religious elders had complained that this was inappropriate 08 April 2011 Afghanistan: Witnessing a resurge in music Pashto music can now be heard in almost every nook and corner of Afghanistan, reported PRlog 24 November 2010 Afghanistan: Music stores have become a new target A string of music stores have become a new target for militants suspected to be Taliban enforcers - even in once-stable havens such as Jalalabad 06 September 2010 Somalia: Al-Shabaab bans music like the Taliban Somalia is starting to resemble Afghanistan under the Taliban, where hard-line Islamist militia bans music and movies and forbids the public from watching sports on TV 23 August 2010 Afghanistan: Ban on women singers debated in Herat A 'Morality and Knowledge Association' recently established in Herat wants to ban women's voices from the airwaves, reported Jean MacKenzie and Rateb Muzhda from Herat 15 March 2010 Afghanistan and Pakistan: Understanding the Taliban's campaign against music Ethnomusicologist John Baily and Freemuse executive director Marie Korpe speak about the Taliban’s campaign against music and musicians in Afghanistan and Pakistan 23 June 2009 Afghanistan: Afghan idol: 'My life is under threat' Lima Sahar charmed her way into the third spot of the 2008 version of the wildly popular 'Afghan Star' competition. Now in exile, she fears for her life 01 April 2009 Afghanistan: Music programmes lead to arrest 0n 24 March 2009, Afghanistan’s attorney general office arrested the manager of Amroz TV because of the station's broacast of certain music programmes 25 March 2009 Afghanistan: Musicians kidnapped by Taliban Six Afghan musicians have been kidnapped by the Taliban for defying a ban on music 17 December 2008 Afghanistan: Short video about music and 'community censorship' In a short documentary video about music and 'community censorship' in Afghanistan, the 19-year-old Afghan singer Mariam says she gets verbal abuse all the time 14 July 2008