The Latest Breaking News from Kabul

The internet blackout is now in its third day on Wednesday and has impacted banking, businesses, humanitarian work and travel across Afghanistan.

From the safety of Australia, I watch in despair as my loved ones in Kabul navigate this digital darkness – a calculated effort to silence dissent

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has urged the Taliban government to immediately restore nationwide internet and telecommunications access, saying the blackout imposed by the government in Kabul has left the country almost entirely cut off from the outside world

Ban blocks mobile and broadband internet services, disrupts satellite television, and affects flight operations

Afghanistan faced a second day without internet and mobile phone service on Tuesday, after Taliban authorities cut the fibre optic network.

Boy, 13, snuck onto the plane at Kabul airport to flee Afghanistan but was sent back by Indian authorities just two hours after landing in Delhi

An elderly British couple released after almost eight months in detention in Afghanistan are expected to fly back to the UK on Saturday.

Peter and Barbie Reynolds were arrested and held without charge for eight months, raising fears for their health

A spokesperson for the Taliban Foreign Ministry said the couple "violated Afghan law" and were released from prison on Friday after a court hearing, but didn't say what law they were alleged to have broken.

An elderly British couple detained in Afghanistan for almost eight months were released on Friday, the Taliban authorities said, after pressure built to free the pair due to fears over their health.

Some textbooks were written by women while others were deemed ‘incompatible with Islamic sharia’