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Afghan mobile access to Facebook, Instagram intentionally restricted: watchdog

Access to several social media sites, including Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, has been "intentionally restricted" in Afghanistan.

AFPOctober 8, 2025

Afghanistan's capital Kabul. Four years on from their return to power, the Taliban government remains largely excluded from the international community, which criticises its repressive measures

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UN rights council to decide on creating Afghanistan probe

The UN Human Rights Council is set to decide on Monday whether to set up an investigation to gather evidence on the most serious...

AFPOctober 5, 2025

An Afghan employee stands outside his travel agency office as life ground to a halt after Taliban authorities abruptly cut internet and mobile phone networks

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Error 404: 48 hours of confusion in Afghanistan during internet blackout

Paralysed banks, grounded planes and chaotic hospitals: for two days, life ground to a halt in Afghanistan after the Taliban unexpectedly cut off the...

AFPOctober 2, 2025

Afghans celebrated in Kabul after mobile networks and the internet were restored across Afghanistan, 48 hours after the Taliban authorities shut down telecommunications

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‘I’m breathing again’: Afghans relieved after internet restored

Just before nightfall on Wednesday, the near-deserted streets of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul suddenly filled with people — mobile phones everywhere had pinged back to...

AFPOctober 1, 2025

Mobile networks and internet services returned to seveal provinces across Afghanistan, including the capital Kabul, 48 hours after services were cut by Taliban authorities

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Mobile and data networks return across Afghanistan: AFP journalists

Mobile networks returned to several provinces across Afghanistan on Wednesday, including the capital Kabul, 48 hours after the Taliban authorities shut down telecommunications. Confusion...

AFPOctober 1, 2025

The United Nations has warned of a 'very dire situation' with 'serious human rights ramifications'

World

‘I couldn’t reach them’: Afghans abroad despair at blackout

Afghans around the world are despairing at being unable to reach their loved ones at home after a Taliban-enforced internet blackout took effect on...

AFPSeptember 30, 2025

It is the first time since the Taliban returned to power in 2021 that communications have been shut down across Afghanistan

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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. Taliban authorities began...

AFPSeptember 30, 2025

Newly arrived Afghan migrants from Iran queue to receive food packages at the Islam Qala border crossing in Herat. A massive spike in millions of migrants could fuel Islamic State militancy, diplomatic and security sources fear

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Return of millions of Afghans fuels terror potential

A massive spike in millions of migrants forced back into impoverished Afghanistan by Pakistan and Iran could fuel Islamic State militancy, diplomatic and security...

AFPSeptember 24, 2025