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The Taliban government in Afghanistan rejects reports of a nationwide internet ban
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The Taliban government has rejected reports of a nationwide internet ban in Afghanistan, saying old fiber optic cables are worn out and being replaced. The announcement Wednesday was the Taliban’s first public statement on a communications blackout that has disrupted banking, commerce, and aviation.
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‘Total internet blackout’ in Afghanistan sparks panic after Taliban vowed to stamp out immoral activities
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The Taliban government in Afghanistan rejects reports of a nationwide internet ban
On orders from the ruling Taliban, Afghanistan's telecommunications authorities have capped fiber optic internet access. It is unclear how long telephone and cellular networks will be affected, or to what degree.
An internet blackout hit Afghanistan on Monday, with local media reporting a potential nationwide cut of fiber-optic services as part of a Taliban crackdown on immorality.
The Taliban ordered a complete internet and telecom shutdown across Afghanistan, leaving flights grounded, banks frozen and millions cut off from digital services.
The outage was the first nationwide shutdown since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021 and was part of their professed crackdown on immorality.
By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Afghanistan has plunged into a nationwide internet blackout, with the Taliban cutting off more than 43 million citizens from global communications as part of what it has described as “morality measures.
KABUL -Afghanistan's internet and mobile telephone services were down nationwide on Tuesday, residents and monitoring services said, but the Taliban administration offered no immediate explanation.In the past, the Taliban have voiced concern about pornography online, with authorities having cut fibr…
The United Nations mission in Kabul is urging the Taliban to reverse its shutdown of the internet and other telecommunications across the country. It says the government imposed the blackout and has cut off Afghanistan from the outside world. The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler has more.
The Taliban shut down internet and telecom services across Afghanistan on Monday, plunging the country into near-total digital darkness and drawing a UN warning of "significant harm" to citizens.
The Taliban has denied imposing a nationwide internet ban, claiming instead that the blackout consuming Afghanistan was due to old fiber optic cables that were now being replaced.
The Taliban government has rejected reports of a nationwide internet ban in Afghanistan, saying old fiber optic cables are worn out and being replaced. The announcement Wednesday was the Taliban’s first public statement on a communications blackout that has disrupted banking, commerce, and aviation.
