Internet blackout hits Afghanistan
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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.
Taliban has informed that the internet shutdown is there to stay in Afghanistan until further notice, but fell short of providing an official reason for the decision.
Internet and mobile telephone services were down across Afghanistan on Tuesday, residents and monitoring services said, but the Taliban administration offered no immediate explanation. In the past, the Taliban have voiced concern about online pornography,