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Taliban Ban Smartphones for Public Employees in Kandahar: Sources

Taliban have banned the use of smartphones by public employees and their security forces in Kandahar, according to local sources, in what appears to be the latest effort to tighten controls on communications and access to information. Sources in Kandahar told Amu TV that the order took effect Monday and requires employees across public institutions, as well as Taliban personnel, to use basic mobile phones instead of smartphones. The sources said…
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The Taliban in Maidan Wardak have also banned teachers and education workers in the province from using smartphones during official and unofficial hours. A source told Etawah Roz that this order will be implemented from tomorrow, Wednesday (27th of Joza), at the same time as the beginning of the new lunar year. One of the education workers in Maidan Wardak said in a voice message sent to school officials: “As you have heard, the use of smartphon…

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تلویزیون آمو broke the news on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.
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