{"id":293888,"date":"2025-09-30T22:05:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=293888"},"modified":"2025-09-30T22:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:05:40","slug":"taliban-cuts-fibre-optic-networks-disrupts-internet-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=293888","title":{"rendered":"Taliban cuts fibre optic networks disrupts internet in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cA nationwide telecoms blackout is now in effect,\u201d Netblocks, a group that monitors internet access, revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re now observing national connectivity at 14% of ordinary levels,\u201d it stated. The group added that the situation \u201cappears consistent with the intentional disconnection of service.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crackdown began earlier this month, slowing or cutting high-speed internet <\/a>across many areas. Additionally, phone services are also affected because they use the same fibre lines.<\/p>\n\n\n

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According to Netblocks, physically pulling the plug on fibre internet would \u201ctherefore also shut down mobile and fixed-line telephone services\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Afghanistan has been hit by a communications blackout after the Taliban cut fibre-optic internet in several provinces to stop what they call \u201cvice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":293889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1597,35,5030],"tags":[18314,18313],"class_list":["post-293888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan","category-breaking-news","category-internet","tag-optical-fibre-networks","tag-taliban"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t