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Afghan women raise their voices in song in online protests against Taliban's bid to silence them

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Women in Afghanistan have turned to social media to protest the latest draconian edict issued by's Taliban rulers.

The Biden administration says the law is aimed at erasing women completely from society.

The law prohibits women and girls from using their voices or showing their faces outside their homes.

Women's rights activists outside Afghanistan also joined the campaign.