Taliban Enforces National Communications Blackout in Latest Crackdown
Afghanistan is experiencing a total communications blackout—its first of this kind since the Taliban’s 2021 takeover—after authorities severed fibre-optic lines, cutting nationwide connectivity to just 14 percent of normal levels, according to internet watchdog Netblocks. The shutdown follows weeks of regional bans on high-speed links ordered by supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada to curb “immoral activities.” […]
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