Four Afghan girl guitarists escaped the Taliban. Will they be forced back? | Women’s Rights News

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.

These guitarists – 18-year-old Yasemin aka Jellybean, 16-year-old…