Taliban’s Internet Ban Further Silences Afghan Women, Girls

Click to expand Image In July 2012, Afghan women and girls visit an internet cafe called "Young Women for Change" in Kabul, Afghanistan. © 2012 Shah Marai/AFP Last week, the Taliban ordered an internet ban across several of Afghanistan’s northern provinces. On September 30, they fully shut down the internet, both mobile and fibre optic, nationwide.The Taliban claim the ban is to “prevent immorality.” In Afghanistan, authorities have long used “morality” as a tool of oppression applied predominantly to women and girls, who have traditionally been seen as bearers of the dignity,…

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