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1. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · Fatima Faizi

   The Taliban has taken a terrible toll on the education of girls -- and boys as well (opens the original)

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   By Grade 11, Hashmat Mubariz had stopped attending school regularly. He was still officially enrolled. The Taliban had not barred him from the classroom, as they had barred his two sisters. But Mubariz, who later taught himself English, became an English instructor and now hosts a podcast and helps run a nongovernmental organization, said the school he once attended no longer felt like a place of learning. "I felt I was wasting my time at school rather than learning," he said. Before the Taliban

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2. Article · Jul 10, 2026 · Fatima Faizi

   Taliban declares war on smartphones (opens the original)

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   Farzana, 40, is a midwife who covers 10 villages in Moqor district of Afghanistan's Ghazni province. Until recently, worried mothers often sent her photos of newborns with rashes, swelling or skin infections so she could decide who needed help most urgently. But since the Taliban began enforcing a ban on smartphones that took effect in June, Farzana says she has stopped using her smartphone out of fear. She can now only be reached through a regular phone line — a more costly option in a country

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