Afghan women sing in protest against strict Taliban laws : ‘My voice is not ‘aurat”

Afghan women activists inside and outside the country have published videos of themselves on social media singing revolutionary songs against the strict laws of the Taliban government. In one song, the singer asks “will you seal the silence of my mouth until the second order?” referring to a supposed future Taliban order lifting restrictions. At the end of the song, the singer concludes by saying that her voice is not “aurat,” a term which refers to something which should be hidden from men with no relations.

• Afghan women sing in defiance of Taliban morality laws