NetBlocksSep 29, 2025
⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a collapse in internet access in #Afghanistan with high impact to Kabul, leaving national connectivity at 30% of ordinary levels; the incident follows telecoms disruptions in the provinces as the Taliban leadership targets "immoral" activities
Show threadNetBlocksSep 29, 2025
⚠️ Update: Live metrics show internet connectivity in #Afghanistan has now collapsed to 14% of ordinary levels, with a near-total nationwide telecoms disruption in effect; the incident is likely to severely limit the public's ability to contact the outside world
Show threadNetBlocksSep 29, 2025
⚠️ Update: #Afghanistan is now 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; telephone services are currently also impacted
Show threadNetBlocksSep 30, 2025
⚠️ Update: It has now been 24 hours since #Afghanistan imposed a national internet blackout, cutting off residents from the rest of the world; the ongoing measure marks the Taliban's return to conservative values it espoused a quarter of a century ago limiting basic freedoms
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⚠️ Update: Metrics show internet connectivity in #Afghanistan still flatlining 48 hours after the country's disconnection; telemetry confirms Taliban experimentation with various censorship mechanisms in preceding weeks, contradicting their claims of a "fiber replacement" program
Oct 1, 2025 at 11:49amWeb
Show threadNetBlocksOct 1, 2025
ℹ️ Update: Live network data show the partial restoration of internet connectivity in #Afghanistan amid outcry after a two-day national telecoms blackout; the incident comes as the Taliban leadership applies new "immorality" rules on telco operators
Show threadNetBlocksOct 2, 2025
⏱️ ICYMI: #Afghanistan experienced a nationwide internet shutdown lasting 48 hours on 29 September, leaving the population cut off from the world; the incident follows earlier provincial blackouts and digital curfews as the Taliban say they are combatting "vice" and "immorality"
Show thread❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️Oct 1, 2025

@netblocks

@EdwinG an update on the news story you posted ⬆️

Show threadEdwin G. Oct 1, 2025

@SnowyCA That second half of the post though 😵‍💫

@netblocks

Show thread❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️Oct 1, 2025

@EdwinG @netblocks

indeed. Censorship means we may never find out the truth of what's going on there.
Scary times for the citizens.

Show threadNeil CraigOct 1, 2025

@netblocks We're seeing the same return of traffic to www.bbc.com from Afghanistan:

https://elk.zone/mastodon.social/@tdp_org/115299193360354386

Neil Craig (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image We're seeing requests to www.bbc.com return to normal-looking levels from Afghanistan - since about midday UTC today (1st Oct 2025). #Afghanistan #Censorship #WebDev #InfoSec #Taliban

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