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Message   VRSS    All   Taliban Leader Bans Wi-Fi In an Afghan Province To 'Prevent Immo   September 16, 2025
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Title: Taliban Leader Bans Wi-Fi In an Afghan Province To 'Prevent
Immorality'

Link: https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/09/16/20...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The Taliban
leader banned fibre optic internet in an Afghan province to "prevent
immorality," a spokesman for the administration said Tuesday. 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 in northern Balkh province without Wi-Fi internet.
Mobile internet remains functional, however. Haji Attaullah Zaid, a
provincial government spokesman, said there was no longer cable internet
access in Balkh by order of a "complete ban" from the leader Hibatullah
Akhundzada. "This measure was taken to prevent immorality, and an alternative
will be built within the country for necessities," Zaid told The Associated
Press. He gave no further information, including why Balkh was chosen for the
ban or if the shutdown would spread to other provinces.

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