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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2850/733b04b6-6aee-4dbe-a1d0-4a28a085aac0_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Afghan Musical Group Working to Overcome Violence, Social Pressure' data-article-id='3416'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='6688'>The war in Afghanistan is having the greatest effect on the country’s civilians.</span> <span data-start-time='6688' data-end-time='11125'>Afghan women have often been the target of the violence.</span> <span data-start-time='11125' data-end-time='18708'>Years ago, the Taliban leadership banned music and education for girls.</span> <span data-start-time='18708' data-end-time='27500'>The Taliban also restricted outdoor activities when it was controlling much of Afghanistan.</span> <span data-start-time='27500' data-end-time='35625'>Today, some young Afghans are using music to spread a message of hope and peace.</span> <span data-start-time='35625' data-end-time='41521'>The young musicians are part of a new orchestra, known as Zohra.</span> <span data-start-time='41521' data-end-time='50938'>The group was created in 2014 as part of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul.</span> <span data-start-time='50938' data-end-time='58563'>Ahmed Naser Sarmast is the institute’s director and founder of the orchestra.</span> <span data-start-time='58563' data-end-time='65583'>The name Zohra comes from a music goddess in Persian literature, he notes.</span> <span data-start-time='65583' data-end-time='70063'>Most of the orchestra’s members are young girls.</span> <span data-start-time='70063' data-end-time='77771'>They are using the power of music to help ease tensions and work in support of women's rights.</span> <span data-start-time='77771' data-end-time='83229'>Negin Khpolwak is Zohra’s first female conductor.</span> <span data-start-time='83229' data-end-time='92333'>She told VOA that Afghanistan has taken steps to support women’s rights over the past 17 years.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2850/049c7ad4-9034-4909-8665-a51399649518_tv_w1080_h608_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=11659 data-hint-location='35625' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2850/what_is_an_orchestra.wav'>What is an orchestra?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a group of musicians who play usually classical music together and who are led by a conductor'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2850/a_group_of_musicians_who_play_usually_classical_music_together_and_who_are_led_by_a_conductor.wav'><span>a group of musicians who play usually classical music together and who are led by a conductor</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2850/a_group_of_acrobats_who_are_led_by_a_coach.wav'><span>a group of acrobats who are led by a coach</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2850/a_group_of_teachers.wav'><span>a group of teachers</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2850/a_group_of_salesmen.wav'><span>a group of salesmen</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=11660 data-hint-location='11125' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2850/years_ago_the_taliban_leadership_banned_what_and_education_for_girls.wav'>Years ago, the Taliban leadership banned what and education for girls.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='music'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2850/music.wav'><span>music</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2850/reading.wav'><span>reading</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2850/dancing.wav'><span>dancing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2850/running.wav'><span>running</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=11661 data-hint-location='70063' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2850/they_are_using_the_power_of_music_to_help_ease_tensions_and_work_in_support_of__blank_.wav'>They are using the power of music to help ease tensions and work in support of <span class='blank'>women's rights</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='women's rights'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2850/womens_rights.wav'><span>women's rights</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2850/union_rights.wav'><span>union rights</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2850/football_teams.wav'><span>football teams</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2850/mens_rights.wav'><span>men's rights</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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