WorldDivorce, smartphones and control: BBC sees how the Taliban run Afghanistan

Five years after returning to power, the Taliban are portrayed through BBC access to senior figures and their daily rule. The report highlights restrictions on women seeking divorce or education, a smartphone ban for officials, media controls and former commanders now serving as officials, while poverty and economic instability persist and critics say the group itself is Afghanistan’s biggest problem.

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