# Afghani Soap Addicts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afghani-soap-addicts/89096>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 23, 2001, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afghani-soap-addicts/89096 "2001-10-23T15:32:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![nerv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85e7bf/32.png) [@nerv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nerv)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afghani-soap-addicts/89096/1 "2001-10-23T15:32:28Z")

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Don’t know where this will go, but I felt I had to share it. (Hence its appearance in MPSIMS.) It appears that many Afghanis are addicted to a radio soap opera based on the Archers, BBC radio series which has been going since the 50s. (See [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archers/?survey](http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archers/?survey) for more info). The Guardian website has the story at [http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,579231,00.html](http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,579231,00.html) and they even have a translated extract at [http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,579232,00.html](http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,579232,00.html)

Fascinating stuff!