US EditionFrom looms to laptops, Afghan women lose lifeline in Taliban internet ban
The Taliban's ban on fiber-optic internet in five northern provinces has cut access for thousands, disrupting education and businesses, according to local officials and digital rights groups.
- The Taliban has shut down the internet in five provinces of Afghanistan, claiming it is to prevent "immoral activities".
- This ban affects Afghans worldwide, especially women, who rely on the internet for education and connection.
- Erfan Abidi has created an underground network to connect hundreds of girls for secret and online studies to empower them under restrictions.
- Former US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad criticized the ban, stating it isolates Afghans and is "extremely inhuman, dangerous, and dictatorial".
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American Military NewsAfghans Fear Losing 'Last Hope' As Taliban Shuts Down Internet
The Taliban has shut down access to fiber-optic Internet in large swaths of Afghanistan. The move has been widely criticized by Afghans who fear being cut off from the rest of the world.
From looms to laptops, Afghan women lose lifeline in Taliban internet ban
In a dim home used as a small business in Afghanistan, women bent over bright cloth use needles to form intricate embroidery. But their fibre-optic network in Kandahar - their primary link to buyers - has now gone dark.
The Taliban have shut down the internet in several provinces in Afghanistan to “prevent immoral activities.” Amina, who came to Sweden in 2021, is afraid of not being able to have any contact with her brother who remains in the country. “My mother cries day and night.
Taliban shuts down landline internet to curb ‘immorality’
KABUL - In a dim home used as a small business in Afghanistan, women bent over bright cloth use needles to form intricate embroidery. But their fibre-optic network in Kandahar — their primary link to buyers — has now gone dark.
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