{"id":49304,"date":"2025-10-01T14:21:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T14:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/afghanistan-gets-the-internet-back-2-days-after-talibans-unexplained-web-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T14:21:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T14:21:54","slug":"afghanistan-gets-the-internet-back-2-days-after-talibans-unexplained-web-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/afghanistan-gets-the-internet-back-2-days-after-talibans-unexplained-web-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan gets the internet back 2 days after Taliban&#8217;s unexplained web shutdown"},"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>Internet services in <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/afghanistan-the-way-forward\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Afghanistan<\/a><\/span> came back online Wednesday, restoring vital communication and web connectivity for residents two days after the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/afghanistan-taliban-internet-crackdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Taliban government blocked web access<\/a><\/span> nationally without any explanation.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News verified that internet services were restored on Wednesday by engaging directly with a dozen individuals across the country. <\/p>\n<p>The Taliban has yet to provide any official explanation for the internet shutdown that lasted over 48 hours, nearly paralyzing the country as digital communications were disabled, flights halted as air traffic control systems went offline and banking services were left inaccessible.<\/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\/10\/01\/10e55c96-0eef-4072-8e2e-68d5a01855b5\/thumbnail\/620x413\/8174506d36fecab0524335fd98375e58\/afghanistan-internet-2237870247.jpg#\" alt=\"AFGHANISTAN-INTERNET \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/01\/10e55c96-0eef-4072-8e2e-68d5a01855b5\/thumbnail\/620x413\/8174506d36fecab0524335fd98375e58\/afghanistan-internet-2237870247.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/01\/10e55c96-0eef-4072-8e2e-68d5a01855b5\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/297ebcbdfbb523abe235b456c3a6d71e\/afghanistan-internet-2237870247.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">An employee of an Afghan travel agency walks past offices amid a nationwide telecom outage in Kabul, Sept. 30, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                WAKIL KOHSAR\/AFP\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The shutdown came weeks after the Taliban government started shutting down high-speed internet access in some provinces, saying it was taking the measure &#8220;to prevent immoral activities&#8221; on the orders of the group&#8217;s supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada.<\/p>\n<p>Sources inside Afghanistan, using Starlink satellite connections to access web-based communications, told CBS News on Tuesday that there were rumors the Taliban would restore at least basic, 2G data service to mobile users, but the more robust restoration of at least 4G networks seen on Wednesday came as a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News was unable to reach Taliban officials in Kabul on Wednesday to comment on the shutdown, or the restoration of internet services.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said Tuesday that the outage risked harming the Afghan people, threatening economic stability and exacerbating the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the country. It called on the Taliban to immediately restore the internet.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. and most other Western nations have refused to recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan&#8217;s legitimate government since the group took back control of the country in 2021, following the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/white-house-report-blames-trump-administration-afghanistan-withdrawal-chaos\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">chaotic U.S. military withdrawal<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the Taliban has dramatically rolled back the rights of women and girls, detained journalists, and cracked down on public dissent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan 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 <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pakistan-afghanistan-refugees-deportation\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">refugees expelled<\/a><\/span> from Iran and Pakistan. Afghanistan is also still recovering from a\u00a0<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>\u00a0that killed nearly 3,000 people earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">Sami  Yousafzai<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__heading-wrapper \">\n<h3 class=\"component__title\">Afghanistan: The New Reality<br \/>\n                          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/afghanistan-the-way-forward\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--lg\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n                More<br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                  <use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/>\n                <\/svg><br \/>\n              <\/a><br \/>\n                      <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\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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