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Afghans Cut Off From World As Taliban Imposes Blackout

September 30, 2025 7:17 am

For millions of Afghans, the digital lifeline that tied them to the outside world went dark overnight. Phones fell silent, screens froze, and families scattered across continents suddenly found themselves unable to reach one another.

The sweeping internet blackout, reported late Monday, is being described as the most extensive communication shutdown since the Taliban seized power in 2021. It has left a nation of 43 million in near-total isolation, deepening fears that Afghanistan is sliding back into the iron restrictions of the group’s previous rule.

For Afghans abroad, the rupture has been devastating. “From yesterday there is no communication with …

60 Killed As Huge Explosion Hits Mosque In Kabul, Afghanistan

August 17, 2022 10:07 pm

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that up to 60 people have been confirmed dead after a huge bomb had hit a mosque in Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday.

Khalid Zadran who is the Taliban’s Kabul police spokesman had revealed to local media that there had been an explosion in the city’s 17th district, northern Kabul, he also announced that some of the Taliban forces are now at the scene.

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It was also revealed that the Police have reported multiple casualties but …

Taliban Reject Afghan Offer To Free 1,500 Prisoners

March 11, 2020 5:08 pm

The Taliban rejected the Afghan government’s attempt to resolve a spiralling crisis over the release of insurgent prisoners Wednesday, as Kabul warned it was ready to resume offensive battlefield operations.The decree issued earlier by President Ashraf Ghani had raised hopes that Kabul’s offer to free 1,500 insurgents as a “gesture of goodwill” before talks begin, would prompt the Taliban to come to the negotiating table.

But Taliban political spokesman Suhail Shaheen told AFP that “5,000 prisoners should be released as a trust-building measure, and … this should be before the intra-Afghan talks”, refusing to budge from a longstanding demand …