The Taliban have ordered internet and mobile phone data services to be cut across Afghanistan, diplomatic and industry ...

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers blocked internet access nationally for two days without any explanation, but suddenly, the ...

No reason was immediately given for why service resumed after a blackout rare in scope, even for a government that has ...

The Taliban government has rejected reports of a nationwide internet ban in Afghanistan, saying old fiber optic cables are ...

Afghanistan was “completely cut off right now, by and large,” Indrika Ratwatte, the U.N.’s deputy special representative in ...

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan is urging the Taliban government to immediately restore nationwide internet and ...

The internet blackout is now in its third day and has impacted banking, businesses, humanitarian work and travel across the ...

Afghanistan faces near-total digital blackout after Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada's directive dismantled the country's ...

Last month, several provinces confirmed an internet shutdown because of a decree from the Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada to combat immorality.

The hardline rulers have previously announced local blackouts as part of attempts to combat ‘immoral activities’.

The outage was the first nationwide shutdown since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021 and was part of their ...