The Taliban shut off fiber‑optic internet in Balkh, disabling Wi‑Fi for homes, offices, and institutions while keeping mobile data on. This illustrates a shift from content/app blocking to selective infrastructure control that removes high‑capacity, harder‑to‑monitor connections yet preserves a surveillable, lower‑bandwidth channel.
— It highlights a scalable censorship tactic regimes could copy to police morality and politics while limiting economic harm, raising urgent digital‑rights and governance questions.
BeauHD
2025.10.03
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That idea highlights infrastructure‑level disruption to control communication; this article shows a different vector (SIM‑farm text floods) to achieve similar outcomes—blackouts of cellular service and 911—underscoring why perimeter infrastructure matters more than app‑level policies.
BeauHD
2025.09.29
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The report says the Taliban severed fiber connections and cut off internet, mobile, and satellite services nationwide as a 'morality' measure—an escalation of the same infrastructure‑level tactic previously used regionally in Afghanistan.
BeauHD
2025.09.16
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Spokesman Haji Attaullah Zaid said leader Hibatullah Akhundzada ordered a 'complete ban' on cable internet in Balkh 'to prevent immorality,' with mobile internet still functional.
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