And you thought Hollyoaks was racy

Audiences in Afghanistan have been deprived of their soap operas after the government banned them due to complaints the Indian-made shows featured "waist exposing saris, Hindu deities and extra marital sex", report the Telegraph and the Times. Tolo TV faces legal action after it broadcast the soap Because a Mother-in-Law was Once a Daughter-in-Law in defiance of the ban. The show is said to clear Kabul's street for half an hour every evening.