Unreliable connections have made communication with Afghan women difficult

Aakriti ThaparSenior South Asia producer The Taliban ordered an internet shutdown in Afghanistan in September last year The women we’ve been in touch with have been sharing their experiences and responses via text messages and voice recordings on messaging platforms. The posts you see on this page are their thoughts, shared in their own words. We’ve stayed in contact with many of these women over the years and have heard from them about how their lives have changed in the five years since the Ta