Shabana (dancer) explained

Shabana
Death Date:	2 January 2009
Death Place:	Mingora
Death Cause:	Killed by Taliban
Nationality:	Pakistani

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]}

See also

• Women in Pakistan
• Malala Yousafzai
• Farida Afridi
• Ghazala Javed

Notes and References

1. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/4217690/Taliban-underlines-its-growing-power-with-killing-of-dancing-girl-in-Pakistan.html Taliban underlines its growing power with killing of 'dancing girl' in Pakistan
2. News: In Pakistan, Radio Amplifies Terror of Taliban . 21 October 2012 . The New York Times . 24 January 2009 . Richard A. Oppel Jr. . Pir Zubair Shah.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20121105070057/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-22/pakistan/28167216_1_music-industry-peshawar-singers Dying notes: Music goes out of Peshawar as artists face militants’ ire
4. https://archive.today/20130126071134/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-18/india/31206938_1_singers-music-and-musicians-shiraz-uppal Faith & fear silence Pakistan's singers
5. http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/07/15/pashtun-singing-star-ghazala-javed-why-was-she-killed.html Pashtun Singing Star Ghazala Javed: Why Was She Killed?
6. http://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/pakistan-mingora-dancing-taliban-pashtun-fazlullah Dancing Girls of the Swat Valley
7. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\18\story_18-7-2009_pg7_51 Dancing girls fear return to Swat