A week after Taliban authorities began cutting off fiber optic connections in multiple provinces to prevent “bad habits”, a huge communications blackout hit Afghanistan on Monday.
“National telecom blackouts are now in effect,” said Netblocks, a supervisory organization that monitors cybersecurity and Internet governance.
“We are now observing 14% national connectivity at the average level.”
Watchdog said the incident “seems to be consistent with the intentional disconnection of the service.”
AFP At around 6:15 PM (PKT at 6:45 PM), it lost contact with its bureau in the capital Kabul, including mobile service.
Taliban authorities relying on Dan have begun Suppression During Internet access earlier this month, multiple provinces contacted.
Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada ordered that the high-speed internet in multiple regions be effectively shut down.
Provincial spokesman Attaullah Zaid said on September 16 that fiber optic internet is completely banned in the northern province of Balk.
“This measure was taken to prevent vices and other options will be offered nationwide to meet connectivity needs,” he wrote on social media.
then, AFP The correspondent reported restrictions in the northern provinces of Badakh Mountain and Takhar, as well as Kandahar, Helmand, Southern Gahar and Uruzgen in the south.
Internet connections have been very slow or fixed over the past few weeks.
In 2024, Kabul touted a 9,350-km fiber network built by a former U.S.-backed government, a “priority” that brought the country to the rest of the world and placed it in poverty.
Synthesizer recover Power In 2021, the Taliban has put many restrictions on the interpretation of Islamic law.
