Ayeda Shadab is Afghanistan’s leading social media influencer with more than 290,000 followers–even more than the country’s president. As the Taliban reassert control in the country and the threat of sharia law looms large, some Afghanistan-based influencers have reduced their social media presence and made their previously public accounts private.
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