JALALABAD, Afghanistan — The Taliban leader banned fibre optic internet in an Afghan province to “prevent immorality,” a spokesman for the administration said Tuesday. It’s the first time a ban of ...

The enactment of the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice law in August 2024 has undermined the work of media. This statement was originally published on afjc.media on 12 September 2025. The de ...

The emerging policy threatens to disrupt government services that had moved online in recent years and to stall humanitarian operations in Afghanistan. Taliban Supreme Leader Mullah Hibatullah ...

Afghanistan is in the midst of a communications blackout, just weeks after Taliban authorities began severing fiber optic connections in multiple provinces, in what appears to be the Islamist regime's ...

(CNN) — Afghanistan faced a sweeping internet blackout on Tuesday after the ruling Taliban vowed to cut off access as part of a crackdown on “immoral activities,” sparking fears of further isolation ...

The apparent blackout came after the Taliban applied new rules, a watchdog said. Afghanistan's internet has been partially restored after a two-day nationwide telecoms blackout, internet watchdog ...

Some provincial officials said the country’s leader instructed them to switch off Wi-Fi in their area to limit the “misuse of the internet” and diffusion of “immoral acts.” By Taimoor Shah and Elian ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor, lawyer, and author. On September 15, 2025, the Taliban de facto authorities announced ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban administration on Wednesday announced an internet ban across a swath of northern Afghanistan “to prevent immoral activities,” provincial government statements said.

An “alternative system will be established within the country for essential needs,” the governor of northern Balkh province, Haji Zaid, said in a statement. He did not clarify what was meant by ...