Afghan Female Singer Hasiba Noori Shot Dead in Pakistan

Famous Afghan singer Hasiba Noori was shot dead by “unknown gunmen” in Kuza of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. This 38-year-old vocalist fled Taliban-ruled Afghanistan in 2021 to take refuge in Pakistan. Her friends confirmed her murder on social media.

Leaving behind her relatives in Afghanistan, she was living with her mother in Islamabad.

In the past, in an interview, she had spoken about the difficulties the Taliban caused her and Afghan women. She had performed on various Afghan TV channels before such programs were banned in Afghanistan.

In year 2021 Afghan folk singer Fawad Andarabi was dragged from his home and killed by the Taliban in a restive mountain province north of Kabul.