The Taliban's internet ban spreads across Afghanistan as more provinces are shut down

[riversedge]

Source: abcnews



A Taliban crackdown to “prevent immorality” is spreading across Afghanistan, with more provinces losing access to fiber-optic internet after the country’s leader imposed a complete ban on the technology
By The Associated Press September 18, 2025, 3:29 AM


JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- A Taliban crackdown to “prevent immorality” is spreading across Afghanistan, with more provinces losing access to fiber-optic internet after the country's leader imposed a complete ban on the technology.

It’s the first time a ban of this kind has been imposed since the Taliban seized power in August 2021, and leaves government offices, the private sector, public institutions, and homes without Wi-Fi internet. Mobile internet remains functional, however. Officials say alternatives are being found “for necessities.”

The northern Balkh province confirmed a Wi-Fi shutdown on Tuesday, with reports of severe disruption in other parts of the country. On Thursday, officials in the east and north said internet access was cut off in the provinces of Baghlan, Badakhshan, Kunduz, Nangarhar, and Takhar.

Siddiqullah Quraishi, from the Nangarhar Culture Directorate, confirmed the shutdown to The Associated Press. The governor’s office in Kunduz shared a message in an official WhatsApp group. .....................

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Things just continuously get worse day by day for the regular folks in Afgan.

[Marthe48]

1. And in the U.S.

Freedom of speech is getting choked to death by the American taliban

Humans! Unite against the oppression!

[erronis]

2. It will be so easy to slowly cripple the internet in the US.

All the major ISPs are beholden to federal licensing.

First, some tests of targeted slowdowns and dropped connection/packets for identified sub-groups of users. Hard to ascribe blame.

Next, filtering and manipulation of content for larger groups. Some of the groups won't know that their internet feeds are being manipulated. Still hard to pinpoint who is doing this.

Then start advertising that prohibited content will be treated as a crime against the state. Make the sheep start self-monitoring themselves. Also encourage people to flag content to a federal authority that has links to ICE/stazi.

Might as well then go full bore at this point and have only one ISP with one channel with one voice.

[JCMach1]

4. Internet privacy and freedom speech is also under attack

Across the globe.

[Buddyzbuddy]

3. Odd occurrence when Los Angeles was invaded by Ice, their was simultaneously a widespread outage of internet service.

"Equipment damage". Coincidence?

[riversedge]

5. I missed that news. Thanks.

[Buddyzbuddy]

6. I remember it well. We had sketchy internet for at least a week.

I was trying to keep informed via internet and the news reported downed internet due to equipment damage. I remember thinking it was possibly the Feds using equipment to interfere. I don't imagine it would be difficult.
Especially since everything is now digital and the gov't has deemed analog obsolete.