Taliban authorities on Monday implemented a nationwide closure of communications a few weeks after they began fibre connections in socks to prevent “bad habits.”
According to Internet WatchDog NetBlocks, connectivity works less than one percent of its normal level, which he calls a “full or total power outage.”
A government official told AFP The closure will continue “until further notice”.
“It will be cut, and it will happen gradually tonight, and will close eight to nine thousand telecom pillars,” he told him. AFP Under anonymous conditions.
“There is no other way or system to communicate… everything in the banking industry, customs, all over the country will be affected.”
AFP At around 5:45 PM (PKT at 6:15 pm), the bureau lost contact with its 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.
