Music Ruled by Terror

Censorship has always been an issue with music in our own country, but looking at Afghanistan's history on the subject I now know that it is something a lot more serious.

During the rule of the Taliban more musicians were murdered for their music than authors and journalists during the same period of time. Musicians have been and still are being threatened and persecuted, but now, at least, they are able to bring the issues to the table and discuss them. In 2005 the organization Afghanistan Music Foundation was formed by 130 musicians in order to promote self expression without the restraints of censorship.

It is shocking how much Afghan musicians have had to go through and it really puts it into perspective how much freedom we have here.