Taliban's internet and social media curbs violate Afghan rights: UN experts
The Taliban's growing restrictions on internet and social media platforms are infringing upon the rights of Afghans, United Nations experts said on 10 October, after the country faced severe disruption to telecom services in recent weeks.
Afghanistan suffered a 48-hour internet blackout from 29 September, coinciding with a new "morality drive" introduced by Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, who had earlier ordered the suspension of fibre-optic services in several provinces.
Authorities confirmed the fibre-optic shutdown but offered no explanation for the two-day nationwide outage.
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