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Over 100 musicians flee Afghanistan, fearing Taliban crackdown


October 5, 2021

More than 100 music students and teachers have fled Afghanistan in a nail-biting flight from Kabul following the Taliban’s takeover of the country, their institute’s founder and principal told AFP. Fearing a crackdown on music by the country’s new leaders, a total 101 members of Afghanistan’s top musical institute landed in Doha on Monday evening, Ahmad Sarmast said. The group, about half of them …

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