Taliban officials closed high schools for girls, and barred access to universities

There’s a growing stream of Afghan girls and women going online, as a last resort to get around the Taliban’s ban on studying and working.

Taliban officials have closed girls’ high schools, barred their access to universities and stopped most women from working.

One of the most striking changes since the Taliban were first in power in the late 90s, is the explosion of the internet.

The Taliban has allowed girls to study individually at home and has not moved to ban the internet.

But girls and women face a host of problems from power cuts, to cripplingly slow internet speeds, let alone the cost of computers and Wi-Fi, in a country where 97 per cent of people live in poverty.