The Taliban shut down Afghanistan’s only women-run radio station

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Najia Sorosh, head of Sadai Banowan a women-run radio station, left, speaks into a microphone in the studio in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 4. A women-run radio station in Afghanistan

Sadai Banowan, which means “women’s voice” in Dari, is Afghanistan’s only women-run station. The Taliban said it was shut down for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan.

(Image credit: Sadai Banowan via AP)

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