US EditionThe Taliban internet ban spreads across Afghanistan as more provinces are shut down
The phased internet shutdown began in Mazar-i-Sharif and Kandahar to curb activities deemed immoral, with telecom providers directed to limit access under the Taliban's control plan.
- The Taliban has banned Wi-Fi internet across multiple provinces in Afghanistan, leaving government offices, private sectors, and homes without internet access, though mobile internet remains functional.
- The ban affects the provinces of Balkh, Baghlan, Badakhshan, Kunduz, Nangarhar, and Takhar, with officials confirming the shutdown.
- The Taliban's internet ban disrupts millions of citizens' access to information and services and threatens freedom of expression and media work, according to a message from the Kunduz governor's office.
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In several provinces of Afghanistan, private households no longer have access to the Internet - cut at the orders of the radical Islamist Taliban. Now there is growing concern that access could be blocked nationwide. By Peter Hornung.
The Taliban have now identified the Internet as a threat to morality. In several provinces, the Islamists blocked the cable Internet. WLAN in public facilities has also been cut.
The Taliban's internet ban spreads across Afghanistan as more provinces are shut down
A Taliban crackdown to “prevent immorality” is spreading across Afghanistan, with more provinces losing access to fiber-optic internet after the country’s leader imposed a complete ban on the technology
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The Taliban internet ban spreads across Afghanistan as more provinces are shut down
A Taliban crackdown to “prevent immorality” is spreading across Afghanistan, with more provinces losing access to fiber-optic internet after the country’s leader imposed a complete ban on the technology.
Taliban orders ban on internet in northern Afghanistan ‘to prevent immoral activities’
The Taliban administration on Wednesday announced an internet ban across a swathe of northern Afghanistan, “to prevent immoral activities,” provincial government statements said.
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