A large communications blackout arrived in Afghanistan on Monday, weeks after the Taliban authorities began to cut fiber optic connections in multiple provinces to avoid “vice”.
“A telecommunications blackout nationwide is now in force,” said Netblocks, a surveillance organization that monitors cybersecurity and internet governance.
“Now we are observing national connectivity to 14% of ordinary levels.”
The Guardian dog said the incident “seems consistent with the intentional disconnection of the service.”
AFP He lost contact with his office in the capital Kabul around 6:15 pm (1315 GMT), including the mobile phone service.
The Taliban authorities of Afghanistan began an offensive against Internet access earlier this month, cutting connections in multiple provinces.
The measure, ordered by Supreme Leader Talibán Hibatullah Akhundada, indeed closed high -speed internet in several regions.
The Internet optic fiber was completely prohibited in the province of Northern Balkh by the leader’s orders, said provincial spokesman Attaullah Zaid on September 16.
“This measure was taken to avoid vice, and alternative options will be established throughout the country to meet connectivity needs,” he wrote on social networks.
At the moment, AFP The correspondents reported the same restrictions in the provinces of northern Badakhshan and Takhar, as well as in Kandahar, Helmand, Nangarhar and Uruzgan in the south.
In recent weeks, Internet connections have been extremely slow or intermittent.
In 2024, Kabul had promoted the 9,350 -kilometer fiber optic network, largely built by former governments backed by the United States, as a “priority” to bring the country closer to the rest of the world and remove it from poverty.
Since he regained power in 2021, the Taliban have instituted numerous restrictions.
