Overview

• NetBlocks and multiple outlets describe a total internet outage after authorities cut fiber‑optic links, with mobile and phone services largely down for a second day.
• AFP and other media lost contact with Kabul offices, and local broadcaster Tolo News reported severe disruption to operations and satellite TV signals.
• Airport officials reported all flights from Kabul canceled on Tuesday due to the communications failure, with scheduled operations verified as scrubbed by flight‑tracking data.
• UN officials urged an immediate restoration, warning the blackout is crippling humanitarian work, disrupting banking and remittances, and leaving remote staff unreachable.
• Taliban figures previously framed the cuts as preventing “immoral” activity, a Balkh governor cited an order from leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, and an unspecified domestic alternative was promised without details as Starlink remains unavailable in the country.