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
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…
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…
Donald Trump has pushed to regain Bagram, citing proximity to China’s nuclear facilities. The Taliban has rejected United States President Donald Trump’s demand that it hand over the Bagram airbase that Washington ran during its 20-year war in Afghanistan, dismissing Trump’s threat that “bad things” will happen if this does not come to pass. The…
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that his administration was moving to retake control of Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, claiming that such a move was necessary because of the facility’s proximity to nuclear weapons sites in China. Bagram, located 44 kilometres (27 miles) north of Kabul, was the largest US military base in…
United States President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/File) Photo : AP United States President Donald Trump has identified China, Pakistan and Afghanistan among 23 countries he says are major drug transit or illicit drug-producing nations, warning that their activities are a threat to the safety of the United States. In a “Presidential Determination” submitted to Congress…
A Trump administration envoy met Taliban leaders in Kabul on Saturday to discuss improving relations and possible “investment opportunities” in Afghanistan, the group said. Newsweek has reached out to the State Department and White House for comment via email on Saturday. Why It Matters The Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in August 2021 after U.S….
Khas Kunar, Afghanistan – Stoori was pulled out from under the rubble of his house in Kunar province after it was destroyed by the magnitude 6 earthquake which struck on the night of August 31. But the guilt of not being able to save his wife haunts him. “I barely had enough time to pull…