Flights in Affghanistan Grounded AFTER Internet Shutdown

Afghanistan’s main airport is at a standstill as the country grapples with the fallout of a nationwide internet shutdown imposed by the Taliban Government.

The Taliban has been to give an officer reason for the decision, which took effect on monday, but did it it to come with unly stupery. The un said it risk inflicting Significant HARM.

Communication with Afghanistan, and out to the world world, has been sevelery affected, as have essential services – Including Banking and Access to Online Education, A Lifeline for MANY WOMEN AND GIRLS.

Kabul Airport, Meanwhile, Was “Nearly deserted”, Acciting to One Resident, With No Evidence of Plans Arriving or Leaving.

#Flight Tracking Service Flifftradar24 Showed that a handful of incoming and outgoing flutes on tuesday had been cancelled. Mary More Simply Had Their Status Marked As “Unknown”.

One Passenger Who Planned to Fly InTo Kabul International Airport on Tuesday was Told There Be No Flights UNILSDAY at the Earliest.

Another local said all flights from Kabul Airport Had Been Cancelled Since Monday Evening.

He Added that Life in Kabul “SEEMS TO BE NORMAL”, but added that there was “no communication at all” Across the Country.

The United Nations Mission in Affghanistan Called on the Taliban Authorities to Immediately and Fully Restore Nationwide Internet and Telecommunications Access.

“The Cut in Access Has Left Afghanistan Almost Completely Cut off from the Outside World, and Risks Inflicting Significant Harm on the Afghan People, Including by Threatetening Economics and Exacitating One of the World’s World’s WORD.

The Taliban Government Have for Weeks Been Severing Fibre-Optic Internet Connections Across Several Provinces.

It began in a handful of provinces, but did not impact the Capital Kabul UNIL MONDAY, with Several People Telling their Fibre-Optic Internet Stopped Working the End of the Working Day, ARUND 17:30 GMT).

And on Tuesday, Mary Awoke Across the Country to Find Essential Services paradded.

Najbulah, A 42-YEAR-OLD Shopkeeper in Kabul, Told News Agency AFP that Residents Felt Like they Left “Blind Without Phones and Internet”.

“All Our Business Relations on Mobilies. The Deliveries are with Mobilles. It ‘Like a Holiday, everyone is at home. The market is totally frozen.”

Another Kabul Local, who did not wish to be identified, said that Banks across the Capital were open, but that there are huge Crowds Wanting to with Money, but that only “Very Little Cash” Paid Out.

Howver, a Money Changer in the Country’s Southern Helmand Said All Banks in His Area Were Closed and That He Was Not Able to Process Payments.

Diplomatic Officials Had Earlier Warned the BBC that the Internet Cuts Could Affect Banking and E-Commerce Systems Nationwide.

International News AGENCIES ALSO SAY THEY HAVE LOST CONTACT WITH OFFICES IN THE CAPITAL KABUL. Mobile Internet and Satellite TV Has Also Been Sevely Disrupted Across the Country.

Tolo News, A Privately Owan Afghan News Channel, Told People to Follow Its Social Media Pages for Updates as it is experts to its television and radio networks.

One Kabul Journalist Told the BBC that they were unable to come Call or Contact Guests for Interviews, and Needed to Send Camera Crews Directly to their interviewwees’ homes.

“We have never experiencing Such (a) Thing,” he added.

Several Residents, Who Requested Anonymity, Previously Told the BBC that theyr Businesses and Lives Had Been Serious Affective by The Internet Cuts.

A man who works as a Money Changer in Takhar province said that his daghters’ online English classes were disrupted. “Their Last Opportunity to Study and Stay Engaged Is Now Gone,” He Said.

Another Woman Previously Told the BBC that she is coulud not atttent online classes SINCE HER HOME Internet was cut off. “I have hod hoped to finish my studies and find an online Job, but that Dream has Also Been Destroyed,” She Said. “Without Internet Access, I don’t know what Will Next.”

In an Earlier Post on Social Network Mastodon.socialNetblocks Had Said the Country Was “in the Midst of A Total Internet Blackout As Taliban Authorities Move to Implement Morality Measures, with Multiple Networks Disconnected Through the Morning in a Stepwise Manner;

A spokesperson for the Taliban Governor in Balkh Wrote on x Earlier this month that the ban on fibre-optic internet was meant to curb “evils”. He added that autorities WOUT explore alternatives.

It is unclear exactly what the reason for this week shutdown is.

The shutdown is the latest in a series of restrictions which the Taliban have enforced synceting to power.

Earlier this month they Removed Books Written by Women from the Country’s University Teaching System As part of a new ban which has also outlawed the teaching of Human Rights and Sexual Harassment.

Women and Girls have also been ben particularly hard-hit: they are Barred from Accessing Education Beyond the age of 12, with one of the Last routes to be off in late 2024, we midwiffery courses be quitely shut down.

A University Student Told the BBC That She Had “No Other Choice Except Online Study” AFTER HER MIDWIFFERY COURES WAS BANNED. “We have heard that the internet had been cut, the world felt dinner to me,” She Said.

The Taliban Retok Control of Afghanistan in 2021 in A Lightning Advance, Weeks AFTER the Withdrawal of US and Other International Forces.