Afghanistan is in a state of a state of national Internet disconnection, causing more than 43 million citizens to have their global communications cut off.
Internet monitoring agency Net Blocks said many Internet networks were disconnected throughout the morning of September 29 and phone services were also affected, leading to "comprehensive loss of Internet connection".
The outage marks one of the largest and most coordinated telecommunications cuts in Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power in 2021.
This move disrupted Afghanistan's media. The fat fat-based TV station Tolo News TV reported on social network X that the outage has seriously affected the station's operations.
The incident has also caused widespread concern among the Afghanistan community abroad and local activists.
Activists have also warned that cutting off the Internet could have consequences for the education of Afghanistanese girls.
Since the Taliban banned girls from attending school after grade 6, many have relied on online classes provided by overseas educators or charitable organizations. When the Internet is turned off, learning is threatened.
In early September, Balkh province's Governor Haji Zaid said that Supreme leader of Taliban Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada had ordered a "complete ban on fiber optic cables".
"This measure is being implemented to prevent unethical activities, and a replacement system will be set up domestically to meet essential needs," said the governor of the northern province of Afghanistan.
