Banking services have stopped, planes are grounded and aid distribution has been halted. The scope of the blackout is rare, even for a government that has increasingly rolled back freedoms.

Mobile phone and internet signals are less than 1 per cent of ordinary levels, in line with an ‘intentional disconnection’, watchdog says.

Telecommunications down after Taliban authorities cut fibre-optic connections in several provinces to prevent ‘vice’.

Banking services have stopped, planes are grounded and aid distribution has been halted. The scope of the blackout is rare, even for a government that has increasingly rolled back…

The internet is back up in Afghanistan after a two-day blackout that paralyzed the economy and grounded planes. The government hasn't explained the outage.