A partial shutdown of fibre-optic internet has spread fear. Afghans do not want to be cut off from the world.

A partial shutdown of fibre-optic internet has spread fear. Afghans do not want to be cut off from the world.

KABUL: In a dim home used as a small business in Afghanistan, women bent over bright cloth use needles to form intricate embroidery. But their fiber-optic network in Kandahar —…