In Afghanistan, a cultural revolution was televised through a musical talent show, and this is its story.

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A young radio producer in Afghanistan is given an impossible task: to create a brand new, revolutionary talent show in just two months.

Music at the end of this episode from Afghan musician Qais Maroof, contestant on The Voice of Afghanistan.

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Daoud Sediqi grows up in an Afghanistan full of music and movies. Then the Taliban arrive and Daoud becomes a revolutionary on the frontline of the cultural war.

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As the sole breadwinner for his family, Shakib Hamdard struggles to provide for his mom and sisters. But everything changes when the young taxi driver finds himself at the very first audition for Afghan Star.

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Setara Hussainzada is one of the first women to make it to the final rounds of Afghan Star. It’s a triumph. And then she does something that puts her life – and the lives of everyone who makes the show – at risk.

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As the show’s producers take a dangerous trip to recruit talent from across the country, Afghan Star becomes a target for a resurgent Taliban.

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Afghanistan’s biggest popstar leads the fight against the Taliban. And then one January day, a bomb goes off on a bus in Kabul, and nothing about the show– or the country– will ever be the same again

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Aryana Sayeed is doubling down on her life in Kabul while all around her, the Taliban are closing in.

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