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Afghanistan Restores Internet and Mobile Service in Kabul and Several Provinces After Two-Day Taliban Blackout

Monitors say the nationwide cutoff was an intentional disconnect of fiber links.

L’accès à Internet est devenu une arme de plus que les talibans retournent contre leur peuple. A Kaboul, le 29 septembre 2025.
Une vue générale montre les antennes de télécommunications au sommet d'une colline à Kaboul, le 29 septembre 2025, à la suite d'une coupure nationale des télécommunications.
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Overview

  • Connectivity returned via multiple mobile operators in Kabul and in Khost, Kandahar, Ghazni and Herat, with residents celebrating in the streets.
  • The outage began Monday evening with internet and mobile service falling to under 1% of normal levels, according to NetBlocks.
  • An Afghan official told AFP before the shutdown that it would last until further notice and take 8,000 to 9,000 telecom pylons offline.
  • The United Nations sought a derogation to restore essential communications, shifted to radios, reduced some operations and warned of severe economic and humanitarian impacts.
  • Taliban authorities had previously curbed high‑speed access in several provinces citing efforts to prevent “vice,” marking the first nationwide communications cut since 2021.