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Four Afghan girl guitarists escaped the Taliban. Will they be forced back?

Zakia (left), American musician Lanny Cordola, Shukriya and Yasemine (right) pose for a photograph in Islamabad, Pakistan on February 14, 2025 [Rabia Mushtaq/Al Jazeera]

Islamabad, Pakistan – On a pleasant February afternoon in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, the sound of strumming guitars fills a small bedroom in a two-storey home that houses tenants from neighbouring Afghanistan.

A flight of slippery marble stairs leads to the room on the first floor, where the bright rays of the sun enter through the window and bounce off the musical instruments, which belong to four young guitarists.

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