Afghan singer Aryana Sayeed pictured during an interview with AFP at Qargha lake, Kabul on July 12, 2013

Afghan singer Aryana Sayeed pictured during an interview with AFP at Qargha lake, Kabul on July 12, 2013. As a symbol of female independence in a strictly conservative Islamic country, Aryana receives regular death threats and lives in fear of being kidnapped by religious extremists.