KABUL ¨C Sofia logs in to class on a laptop in Kabul for an online English course run by one of a growing number of educational institutes trying to reach Afghanistan¡¯s girls and women digitally in their homes.
But when the teacher calls on Sofia to read a passage her computer screen freezes.
¡°Can you hear me?¡± she asks repeatedly, checking her connection.

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