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An internet advocacy group says connectivity in Afghanistan has “collapsed” with a near-total nationwide telecoms disruption in effect. Earlier this month, several provinces lost ...

Several weeks ago, the Taliban began cutting fiber optic cables in some regions of Afghanistan to combat "vice"Atif Aryan/AFP/Getty Images Afghanistan's Islamist Taliban authorities have ordered a ...

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has imposed a nationwide shutdown of telecommunications, weeks after it began severing fibre-optic internet connections. The country is currently experiencing a ...

GlobalFoundries and Corning are developing detachable fiber connector mechanisms for the former’s silicon photonic platform that taps the latter’s work in optical fiber technology, with the joint ...

Afghanistan is facing a near-total digital blackout as the Taliban cut both wired and mobile internet services nationwide. The shutdown, aimed at stopping ‘immoral activities’, has disrupted ...

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An internet blackout hit Afghanistan on Monday, with local media reporting a potential nationwide cut of fiber-optic services as part of a Taliban crackdown on immorality. It's the first time ...

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Afghanistan has plunged into a nationwide internet blackout, with the Taliban cutting off more than 43 million citizens from global communications as part of what it has described as “morality ...

Why is Pakistan's internet so slow? Learn about the recent damage to key undersea cables and what the government is doing to fix the crisis.