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Kieran Guilbert

Taliban leader restricts internet access in an Afghan province to 'prevent immorality'

The Taliban's leader has banned fibre optic internet in one province of Afghanistan to "prevent immorality," a spokesman for the administration said on Tuesday.

There is no longer cable internet access in the northern Balkh region by order of a "complete ban" from the leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, according to the spokesperson.

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