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Shabana (dancer)

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Shabana
Died2 January 2009
Mingora
Cause of deathKilled by Taliban
NationalityPakistani

Shabana (Urdu/Pashto:شبانه) was a Pakistani singer and dancer from Mingora, Swat, Pakistan. She was shot and killed by the Pakistani Taliban of Swat in January 2009 at Mingora.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

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  1. ^ Taliban underlines its growing power with killing of 'dancing girl' in Pakistan
  2. ^ Richard A. Oppel Jr.; Pir Zubair Shah (24 January 2009). "In Pakistan, Radio Amplifies Terror of Taliban". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  3. ^ Dying notes: Music goes out of Peshawar as artists face militants’ ire
  4. ^ Faith & fear silence Pakistan's singers
  5. ^ Talibanistan: The Talibs at Home[usurped]
  6. ^ Pashtun Singing Star Ghazala Javed: Why Was She Killed?
  7. ^ Dancing Girls of the Swat Valley
  8. ^ Dancing girls fear return to Swat