Afghan shopkeepers work on their laptop at their online shop in Kabul, Afghanistan June 4, 2018. Picture taken June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
KABUL: Shoppers in the Afghan capital are going online for everything from fashion to furniture to avoid bomb attacks and sexual harassment, with dozens of startups doing a brisk trade where there were few on the ground two years ago.
Suicide bombings and other attacks in Kabul have killed and wounded hundreds of people this year and security had been expected to deteriorate ahead of elections planned for October. Sexual harassment on the street is widespread.
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