states. but she says many of her fellow musicians are in hiding. taliban banned most music during its earlier rule. translator: when the taliban near the city, everyone stayed at home. they didn t go out, especially female musicians. i m sure that every one of them felt the same way as i did, that we will not be able to play again. reporter: as the taliban consolidate power, many afghan women, especially professionals, feel stifled and silenced. isa soares, cnn. an independent policy and mediation adviser joins me now from new york. she is also a senior fellow at new york s university center for international cooperation and a senior fellow at their center for global affairs. great to have you on. i guess, one one of the achievements of the international intervention was quite apart from girls going back to school, the return of women to the workforce, to politics, to positions of power