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Zohra, an ensemble of 35 young musicians aged 13 to 20, are due to perform in front of thousands of top CEOs and heads of state during a meeting of the World Economic Forum. More than 3,000 international figures are attending the conference this week, which will culminate in a closing conference on Friday.

GETTY Women were banned from music under the Taliban's reign

And the young women have been rehearsing hard, day and night, to ensure their performance is the best it can be. But each member has faced abuse and even deaths threats from their own relatives - who claim female musicians “dishonour” their families.

GETTY The women have received death threats for joining the group

Women in Afghanistan were banned from pursuing a career in music during the Taliban’s repressive reign between 1996 and 2001 - but it is still frowned upon despite the ban being lifted. However, the parents of Negina Khpalwak fought back - turning their backs on their entire family to allow their young daughter to attend music lessons. She said: "It's so hard for Afghan girls. Some fathers do not even let their daughters go to school, not to speak about music school."

GETTY Negina Khpalwak's family moved to Kabul so she could have music lessons

My grandmother told my dad: 'If you let Negina leave to music school, you won't be my son anymore' Negina Khpalwak, who leads the orchestra

She added: “For them, women are to stay at home and clean up. "My grandmother told my dad: 'If you let Negina leave to music school, you won't be my son anymore'." The family left their native Kunar province and moved to Kabul, after Negina's uncle promised to kill her. He told her: “Wherever I see you, I'll kill you. You are a shame for us."

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There Miss Khpalwak set up Zohra, the country’s first female orchestra, recruiting women across Kabul - some of whom were orphans or from poor families. And the group has gone from strength to strength, ignoring death threats and discrimination so they could continue to play together and fight the system. Now the young girls are about to be catapulted onto the world stage after being invited to perform during a session at Davos on Thursday, along with also taking part of the closing concert on Friday. Violinist Zarifa Adibam 18, claims their music has given the group another chance of life and allowed the women to take up opportunities they would not have ordinarily been offered.

GETTY Negina Khpalwak is Afghanistan's first female conductor

She said: "Being Afghan and living here is every minute dangerous for your life. You don't know where will be the next blast, and when... will it be here? "Now it's up to my generation to try to do something for my country, but it will take at least one generation to change. "I wish to apply to Yale University, my first choice, or to Harvard, or Stanford.

GETTY More than 3,000 international figures are attending Davos this week