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Afghanistan reverses ban on girls singing in public after social media protest campaign
Kabul: The Afghan government has reversed a ban on schoolgirls over the age of 12 singing in public at official ceremonies after mounting backlash including a social media campaign of videos uploaded by Afghan girls and women singing their favourite songs in protest. The ban was issued last week by the Kabul education directorate in the form of a letter and the criticism was almost instant. Officials chastised the move. And within days, dozens of videos were uploaded to Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms marked with the hashtag #IAmMySong. Late Saturday night the Ministry of Education issued a statement that the ban “does not reflect the positions or policies of the Ministry

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