Afghanistan hit by internet blackout as Taliban cuts fibre optic cables

The Taliban in Afghanistan imposed a closure of the country from communications, weeks after the start of cutting the internet connections to the optical fibers to prevent what they call immorality.

The country is currently witnessing a complete blackout to communicate, Internet monitoring, NetBlocks Reports.

The International News Agency told AFP that it has lost its connection to its Capital Capital Office, including mobile phone service. The internet has also been disabled by mobile phone and satellite television throughout Afghanistan.

Since the seizure of power in 2021, the Taliban have imposed many restrictions according to its interpretation of Islamic law.

Flights were also disabled from Kabul Airport, according to reports.

I told many people in the BBC, the Internet, optical fibers, stop working at the end of the working day, about 17: 00 local time (12:30 GMT)

For this reason, it is understood that many people will not notice the impact until Tuesday morning, when banking services and other companies are to resume.

Cables transmit optical fiber, high -speed data, used in most of the Internet in the world.

In a post on the social network Mastodon.socialNetBlocks said:

“Afghanistan is now in the midst of the overall internet obstruction with the Taliban authorities moving to the implementation of morals, with multiple networks separating during the morning in a gradual way; phone services are currently affected.”

For weeks, Internet users in many Afghan provinces complained of either slow access to the Internet or non -connection.

The Taliban said earlier that an alternative road will be created to access the Internet, without giving any details.

Business leaders at that time warned that if the Internet continues to be banned in their activities, their activities will be seriously hit.

“The unit places the entire country.”

“Afghanistan has now ranked first in the competition with North Korea [internet] Separation He said on x.

The latest in a series of restrictions imposed by the Taliban since its return to power.

Earlier this month The books written by women were removed From the country’s university teaching system as part of a new embargo, human rights and sexual harassment teaching have also shown.

Women and girls were also particularly difficult: it is prevented from reaching education after the age of 12, as one of their last methods was stopped to more training in late 2024, when the tribes’ courses were quietly stopped.

The Taliban, a solid Islamic group, re -controlled Afghanistan in 2021 in the progress of lightning that lasted only 10 days.