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Taliban blame internet blackout on ‘decaying infrastructure’ as NGOs say ordinary Afghans suffering

Government dismisses reports of nationwide internet ban as ‘rumours’

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025

Taliban deny nationwide ban on internet access as outage paralyses Afghanistan

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

Euronews · Oct 1, 2025

Afghanistan completely shuts down the internet – and not even VPNs can help

Taliban authorities cut internet connections to "prevent immorality," impacting "every aspect of people’s rights and lives," warn experts. Here's what's at stake.

TechRadar · Oct 1, 2025

The UN mission appeals to the Taliban to restore internet access across Afghanistan

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

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2025

Taliban cut internet for whole country as Afghanistan ‘dragged into abyss’

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

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2025

Taliban Impose Communications Blackout Across Afghanistan

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

International Business Times · Sep 30, 2025

‘It’s more than martial arts – we teach courage‘: the Afghan sisters honing karate skills in Iran

The three women live in exile where, despite an increase in deportations and rising hostility towards migrants, they use sport to empower women

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2025

Future Fund profits from war, Liberal women sound net zero warning, and Trump spruiks new Gaza peace plan

Sovereign wealth fund surges in value helped by investments in defence firms; party told it risks losing more key voting groups if it drops net zero

The Guardian - AU · Sep 29, 2025

Taliban Shut Down Communications Across Afghanistan

Taliban authorities on Monday imposed a nationwide shutdown of communications, weeks after they began severing fibre optic connections to prevent "vice".

International Business Times · Sep 29, 2025

US citizen freed after nine months in Afghan prison, Qatari mediators say

The release came just weeks after US President Donald Trump's executive order on 5 September which imposed new "consequences on those who wrongfully detain Americans abroad."

Euronews · Sep 29, 2025