Afghanistan's Taliban authorities expanded their crackdown on internet access Wednesday, severing fiber optic connections in multiple provinces in what officials said was a campaign against “vice. ”. Afghanistan is fast developing into a major trade and transit hub for subsea and transcontinental communication. Once completed, the 4,600 Afghan Fiber Optic Ring (also known as the Afghan National Civil Optical Fiber Cable-OFC ring network) within the broader regional “Digital Silk Road” aims to. File photo: Taliban security personnel ride motorbikes to celebrate the third anniversary of Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, in Kabul on August 14, 2024. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has announced the approval of a project to lay 488 kilometers of fiber optic cable. KABUL, Sept. The measure, first implemented in Balkh province on Tuesday, now extends to Kunduz, Baghlan, Takhar, and.
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