Afghanistan internet partially restored after days of silence
Afghanistan's internet has been partially restored after a two-day nationwide telecoms blackout, internet watchdog NetBlocks said on Wednesday.
The incident came after the Taliban leadership applied new "immorality" rules on telecom operators, Netblocks noted in a post on its X account.
This nationwide outage came gradually after the Taliban government's move to ban fiber-optic internet in Afghanistan's northern Balkh province, following the orders from Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada last month.
The provincial governor's spokesperson said at the time that the decision was made to curb "evils," adding that "a local alternative will be explored."
The story written by Somayeh Malekian, Rajeev Tyagi, and Aleem Agha featured an interview with a teacher for the Underground TechSheroes program supported by Sahar Education.