U.N. mission appeals to Taliban to revive web entry throughout Afghanistan

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan urged the Taliban on Tuesday (September 30, 2025) to revive web and telecommunications entry throughout the nation, saying the blackout imposed by the federal government in Kabul has left the nation virtually fully lower off from the surface world.

The outage, reported the day prior to this, was the primary nationwide shutdown because the Taliban returned to energy in August 2021 and was a part of their professed crackdown on immorality. Earlier this month, a number of provinces misplaced their fibre-optic connections after Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada issued a decree banning the service to stop immorality.

The disruption threatened financial stability and deepened one of many world’s worst humanitarian crises, mentioned the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.

It warned that the blackout is crippling banking and monetary techniques, isolating girls and ladies, limiting entry to medical care and remittances, and disrupting aviation.

The U.N. mentioned such restrictions additional undermine freedom of expression and the fitting to data. It famous that telecommunications are additionally essential throughout disasters — Afghanistan has not too long ago suffered main earthquakes within the east and is fighting mass pressured returns from neighbouring nations.

The U.N. mission mentioned the web outage unfold because it was first imposed by the Taliban on Sept. 16 and have become nationwide on Sept. 29. The mission mentioned it might proceed to press Afghanistan’s de facto authorities to revive entry “in help of the Afghan individuals.”