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Young Afghans look online for friendship and love

Published Wed, Nov 12, 2014 · 09:50 PM

Kabul

FRUSTRATED by strict social rules, young and educated Afghans are quickly learning that taboos can be sidestepped at the tap of a mobile phone.

In deeply conservative Muslim Afghanistan, social media is opening a new route for men and women to communicate in private.

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