Taliban close women-run Afghan station for playing music

Najia Sorosh, head of Sadai Banowan (AP)

A women-run radio station in Afghanistan’s north east has been shut down for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan, a Taliban official said.

Sadai Banowan, which means “women’s voice” in Dari, is Afghanistan’s only women-run station and started 10 years ago. It has eight staff, six of them female.