The Taliban leader has banned fibre optic internet in Afghanistan's Balkh province to “prevent immorality,” according to a ...

A new push to cut nationwide access to the digital world is taking Afghanistan back to the isolationist extremes of decades ...

Some provincial officials said the country’s leader instructed them to switch off Wi-Fi in their area to limit the “misuse of ...

A Taliban crackdown to “prevent immorality” is spreading across Afghanistan, with more provinces losing access to fiber-optic ...

Fibre optic internet has been banned in Afghanistan's northern Balkh province, although mobile data is still available.View ...

Officials in northern Afghanistan have confirmed that fiber-optic internet services have been suspended in Balkh province following ...

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WiFi in Afghanistan’s Balkh province was blocked “for the prevention of vices,” Attaullah Zaid, a spokesperson for the ...

The Taliban has cut fibre-optic internet across northern and eastern Afghanistan, expanding a ban that began in Balkh ...

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

Fiber optic cable — the most widely used technology in the nation — was severed in multiple provinces, leaving tens of ...