US EditionTaliban Cuts Afghanistan's Internet in Nationwide Blackout
The shutdown cuts Afghanistan's internet connectivity to 14% of normal levels, disrupting education, commerce, media, and women's access to digital platforms, worsening an ongoing economic crisis.
- Afghanistan experienced its first nationwide internet blackout on September 29 after the Taliban ordered a shutdown of fiber-optic services, affecting connectivity across the country.
- Connectivity in Afghanistan dropped to only 14% of normal levels, as confirmed by NetBlocks, marking a severe telecom disruption.
- Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada justified the shutdown as necessary to prevent 'vice', part of a broader crackdown on internet access.
- The blackout has severely affected communication and essential services, disrupting banks and trade networks.
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In Afghanistan, women will no longer be able to study or work online because of lack of connectivity
Taliban internet blackout paralyses Afghanistan, cutting it off from the world
The shutdown has disrupted nearly all digital and phone links, grounded planes, shut businesses and severed one of the last lifelines for many women and girls whose lives the regime have increasingly restricted.
Before August 2021, an Afghan woman could have run for president, although none did. In 2025, after four years of Taliban rule, they can't even speak in public, because of a regime mandate that characterizes as a moral violation the fact that their voices are heard outside.The Internet was their last resort to be linked to the outside world, but now that was also taken away from them by the fundamentalist group.Fahima Noori is one of the women a…
The UN warns that the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan will worsen after the Taliban shut down the internet and telephony throughout the country. Amina, who lives in Sweden, is very worried about her brother who remains in the country. – We don't know what's happening.
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