{"id":48973,"date":"2025-09-29T17:24:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/taliban-shuts-down-internet-across-afghanistan-in-latest-crackdown\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T17:24:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:24:44","slug":"taliban-shuts-down-internet-across-afghanistan-in-latest-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/taliban-shuts-down-internet-across-afghanistan-in-latest-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban shuts down internet across Afghanistan in latest crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-bagram-air-force-base-taliban\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Afghanistan<\/a><\/span> is in the midst of a communications blackout, just weeks after Taliban authorities began severing fibre optic connections in multiple provinces, in what appears to be the Islamist regime&#8217;s latest crackdown.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Afghanistan is now in the midst of a total internet blackout as Taliban authorities move to implement morality measures, with multiple networks disconnected through the morning in a stepwise manner; telephone services are currently also impacted,&#8221; the cybersecurity and internet governance watchdog Netblocks said Monday in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/netblocks\/status\/1972679896729014371\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">post on X.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/29\/7f9fd9ed-70d9-4db9-9e13-8631540b0315\/thumbnail\/620x413\/ab0c292184325be2726454393249a9ab\/gettyimages-2235204288.jpg#\" alt=\"TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-TALIBAN-INTERNET-BAN \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/29\/7f9fd9ed-70d9-4db9-9e13-8631540b0315\/thumbnail\/620x413\/ab0c292184325be2726454393249a9ab\/gettyimages-2235204288.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/29\/7f9fd9ed-70d9-4db9-9e13-8631540b0315\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/6747b96fd0f7bded7d0580fd810dc439\/gettyimages-2235204288.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">TOPSHOT &#8211; A Taliban flag flutters near telecom equipment installed over a rooftop providing internet services overlooking Hazrat-e-Ali Shrine, or Blue Mosque, in Mazar-i-Sharif on September 16, 2025, as the Taliban administration banned fibre-optic internet in Balkh province.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                ATIF ARYAN\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Afghanistan&#8217;s Taliban authorities began to restrict internet service earlier this month, shutting down high-speed connections in several regions across the country, the French news agency AFP reported Monday. CBS News has independently verified that internet links have now been cut nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban&#8217;s leadership has not publicly commented on the blackout. But on Friday, Haji Zahid, a local Taliban spokesperson in the northern province of Balkh, said in a post on X that the ban had been ordered by their leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, &#8220;to prevent immoral activities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Afghan television channel TOLO said Monday that its broadcast had been disrupted by the communications crackdown.<\/p>\n<p>TOLO News also reported that mobile phone internet services have been shut down. It cited sources within the Taliban that indicated mobile services could soon be restored but with a lower-capacity\u00a02G signal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. and most other Western nations have refused to recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan&#8217;s legitimate government since it retook control in 2021, following the Biden administration&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/white-house-report-blames-trump-administration-afghanistan-withdrawal-chaos\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">chaotic withdrawal <\/a><\/span>from the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s Taliban rulers have dramatically rolled back the rights of women and girls, detained journalists, and cracked down on public dissent since retaking power.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The country faces one of the world&#8217;s worst humanitarian crises, according to Human Rights Watch, exacerbated by donor governments&#8217; aid cuts and the return of 1.9 million refugees expelled from Iran and Pakistan. Afghanistan is also still recovering from a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/afghanistan-earthquake-deaths-race-to-reach-survivors-day-four-taliban\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">devastating earthquake<\/a><\/span> that killed nearly 3,000 people earlier this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Torek Farhadi, a former senior advisor to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, told CBS News on Monday that the lack of internet access will be devastating for ordinary people in Afghanistan. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For Afghanistan&#8217;s youth, it is definitely another costly fallback if it continues. It closes the door on online education, it severely handicaps business owners who communicate with clients,&#8221; Farhadi said. &#8220;It is a deliberate decision to lead society to a blind spot.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/Ahmad-Mukhtar\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Ahmad  Mukhtar<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Ahmad Mukhtar is a producer for CBS News based in Toronto, Canada. 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