Divorce, smartphones and control - BBC sees how Taliban run Afghanistan
But this woman's husband says he wants four times the amount, which her family refuses to pay.The governor says the woman should be given her own room. He has recently become deputy commander of a military corps in the northern province of Kunduz.Tapping on an old-style mobile with a tiny screen, he says a recent ban on smartphones for officials has slowed things down. "Before, you could send a quick message… sending documents and getting an answer fast." If he says any more about the ban, "it will cause trouble", he adds.But in other ways his worldview seems largely unchanged from the Taliban's position 25 years ago.
- ▪But this woman's husband says he wants four times the amount, which her family refuses to pay.The governor says the woman should be given her own room.
- ▪He has recently become deputy commander of a military corps in the northern province of Kunduz.Tapping on an old-style mobile with a tiny screen, he says a recent ban on smartphones for officials has slowed things down.
- ▪"Before, you could send a quick message… sending documents and getting an answer fast." If he says any more about the ban, "it will cause trouble", he adds.But in other ways his worldview seems largely unchanged from the Taliban's position
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Divorce, smartphones and control - BBC sees how Taliban run AfghanistanImage caption, The governor of Jawzjan province, Abdullah Sarhadi, who fought for the Taliban was held in US detention in Guantanamo Bay for several years ByKawoon KhamooshBBC World Service, Reporting fromSheberghan, Kabul and KandaharPublished27 minutes agoGovernor Abdullah Sarhadi gives money to treat a boy's broken arm and hands out funds for a local mosque - then, in his office in northern Afghanistan, an astonishing exchange unfolds.A young woman tells the grey-bearded former Taliban commander that she wants to divorce her husband, who she accuses of months of abuse and beatings.She will not take no for an answer.In a country where girls are banned from secondary education, the 18-year-old argues her case calmly…
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