Across the internet, Afghan women are committing what would be a crime in their homeland, ruled by the Taliban: They're singing, like Fatima Etimadi, 34, and her girlfriends, belting out this defiant ...

Across the internet, Afghan women are committing what would be a crime in their homeland, ruled right now by the Taliban. They're singing. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: ...

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An woman in Kabul walks past a wall mural with a map of Afghanistan. A sweeping new morality law issued by the Taliban requires women to have a male escort on any trip outside home. (Wakil Koshar | ...

LONDON -- Gazing into a mirror framed by a vase of bright flowers, Taiba Sulaimani begins to sing. The lyrics, in Farsi, offer a message of hope -- I will fly one day, I will be free one day.

A new morality law is full of restrictions. No neckties for men. Photos cannot be reproduced. The harshest rules are for women — who are singing... Afghan women sing to protest a law that orders them ...