SYDNEY (AP) — The only Australian soldier to be charged with a war crime in Afghanistan pleaded not guilty Friday, but a prosecutor said he is unlikely to stand trial before 2027. Oliver Schulz, 44, is accused of shooting Afghan man Dad Mohammad three times in the head in Uruzgan province wheat field in May…
Kabul: Internet and telecom services were restored in Afghanistan on Wednesday after a 72-hour nationwide blackout, though residents reported slow speeds, technical restrictions and concerns over future sudden disruptions, Tolo News reported. An Afghan man speaks on a mobile phone as he sits on the boot of a vehicle in Kabul on October 1, 2025….
new video loaded: Internet Returns to Afghanistan Internet services were restored in Afghanistan on Wednesday after a two-day nationwide blackout that paralyzed the economy and grounded planes. The Taliban government gave no reason for the outage, or the resumption of services. October 1, 2025 Source link
new video loaded: Internet Blackout in Afghanistan Disrupts Daily Life transcript Back transcript Internet Blackout in Afghanistan Disrupts Daily Life A nationwide internet outage in Afghanistan has made it nearly impossible for people to communicate with one another or the outside world and has disrupted banking services and aid distribution. “The number you dialed is…
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have cut telecommunications nationwide, paralysing services crucial to women’s education, information access, business and entertainment. The blackout, which the Taliban government says will be in place “until further notice”, also threatens to cripple the country’s already fragile economy. Taliban officials have justified the measure as a fight against “immorality”. However, the UN…
Afghanistan faced a second day without internet and mobile phone service on Tuesday, after Taliban authorities cut the fibre optic network. Taliban authorities began shutting down high-speed internet connections to some provinces earlier in the month to prevent “vice”. On Monday night, mobile phone signal and internet service gradually weakened until connectivity was less than…
United States President Donald Trump has demanded that Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban hand the country’s Bagram airbase over to Washington, five years after he signed a deal with the group that paved the way for the US withdrawal from Kabul. At a news conference with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer on September 18, Trump told…
The United States formally determined in January 2021 that China’s actions in Xinjiang constitute genocide, according to the US State Department. Photo : AP Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Urumqi in late September to mark the 70th anniversary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, according to Reuters. The trip was heavily publicised by state broadcaster…
Pakistan and its key neighbours China and Iran have joined Russia in opposing the establishment of any “military bases in and around Afghanistan“, and called for respect of Kabul’s “sovereignty” and “territorial integrity”, an official statement said Saturday. The opposition by the four countries comes as US President Donald Trump seeks a military presence in…
China’s top official overseeing ethnic and religious affairs has saluted Beijing’s approach to Xinjiang over the past decade, bookending a landmark trip by President Xi Jinping to the region to mark its founding. Addressing a major event in Urumqi on Thursday for the 70th anniversary of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Wang Huning said that…