Overview

• NetBlocks reports an extensive or total nationwide outage with households largely offline and both fiber and telephony services disrupted.
• Several networks were severed over the morning after the fast fiber network was cut, leaving newsrooms and contacts inside the country unreachable.
• Tolonews says cable internet is largely blocked nationwide, and the German news agency dpa could not reach authorities or residents via mobile or internet calls.
• A Balkh provincial spokesperson said the shutdown was ordered by Akhundzada to curb “immorality,” and a Taliban official said it will continue until further notice.
• The blackout hinders aid operations, banking and public services, and it most acutely denies women and girls the online learning many relied on after school and university bans, with NetBlocks warning of potential gender-targeted restrictions.