In Afghanistan, acting is a dangerous occupation for women...

Afghan actress Parwin Mushthal's passion for her job has exacted a heavy toll - resulting in the murder of her husband and forcing her to live in hiding with her two children. 

Ms Mushthal's career choice appears to have upset the Taleban and their supporters. 

She has received threatening telephone calls and abuse in the streets from people telling her to stop acting. 

She told the BBC that she believes her continued defiance of those threats resulted in the shooting by unknown gunmen of her 39-year-old husband, a taxi driver, in Kabul in December. 

Since then her life has been turned upside down. More...

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