Divorce, smartphones and control - BBC sees how Taliban run Afghanistan - BBC News

Five years after the Taliban’s return, the BBC follows senior figures as the group reshapes the country.

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Watch: Eighteen-year-old woman argues her case for a divorce, saying her "honour and dignity have already been ruined"

Governor 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.