Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Internet service was restored in Afghanistan after a two-day blackout that paralyzed the economy and grounded planes.
The lack of Internet created a nearly complete shutdown of services across the country, which included transportation, health care and banking. Cell phone services were also suspended.
The Taliban government, which took over in 2021 after American forces left, has imposed harsh restrictions on freedoms. Afghan officials haven't responded to questions or said they didn't know what caused the outage, The New York Times reported.
"I still don't have the reason for the internet cut off," Inayatullah Alokozay, spokesperson for the Afghan Ministry of Telecommunications, told The Times.
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