Over 11 Million Students Enrolled in Afghan Schools, Says Ministry

The Ministry of Education has announced that more than 11.17 million students across the country are currently engaged in learning at schools and educational centers. Mansoor Ahmad Hamza, the spokesperson for the Ministry, stated that over 18,600...

Afghanistan: Internet Shutdowns Imperil Rights

(New York) – The Taliban’s internet shutdowns are inflicting serious harm on people’s rights and livelihoods throughout Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said today. The shutdowns, which began in mid-September 2025 and covered the entire country by...

Taliban internet crackdown deepens crisis for Afghan universities

Afghanistan’s higher education system faces what academics have called an “intellectual blockade” after the Taliban imposed a nationwide internet shutdown alongside sweeping new restrictions on university life. On 30 September, fibre and Wi-Fi...

Don’t Restart the Afghanistan War

No one ever accused President Donald Trump of being a systematic thinker. Were not the potential consequences so great, the obvious response to his demand on Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban to “return” Bagram air base would be uproarious laughter....

Taliban tight-lipped after internet services restored in Afghanistan

Just before nightfall on Wednesday, local time, the near-deserted streets of Afghanistan's capital Kabul suddenly filled with people. Mobile phones everywhere had pinged back to life. With phones pressed to their ears or tightly gripped in their...

Afghanistan’s phone and internet services down after Taliban orders cut to connections

The Taliban has ordered internet and mobile phone data services to be cut across Afghanistan, diplomatic and industry sources said on Tuesday, as residents and monitoring services reported no connectivity and disruption to flights and financial...

From Afghanistan to Orillia: A soldier’s journey home

Chris Middleton recently retired from the Canadian Armed Forces after serving his country for more than three decades For the first time in more than three decades, Lt.-Col. (ret’d) Chris Middleton doesn’t have to be ready to move at a moment’s...

Afghanistan cut off after Taliban shuts down internet

Kabul — The Taliban has ordered internet and cellphone data services to be cut across Afghanistan, diplomatic and industry sources said on Tuesday, as residents and monitoring services reported no connectivity and disruption to flights and...

Afghanistan's cellphone, internet services down after Taliban ordered cut, say sources

The Taliban have ordered internet and mobile phone data services to be cut across Afghanistan, diplomatic and industry sources said on Tuesday, as residents and monitoring services reported no connectivity and disruption to flights and financial...

Afghanistan’s internet goes down amid fears of a Taliban crackdown

The internet went down across much of Afghanistan on Monday, as concerns mounted that hard-line leaders within the ruling Taliban might be trying to cut off Afghans from each other and the world. The country “is now in the midst of a total...

Kabul Water Crisis Deepens as Children Swap Classrooms for Queues

Kabul faces an escalating water crisis as drought and climate change deplete supplies, forcing families into hardship and threatening widespread humanitarian disaster. Kabul is facing a worsening water crisis as prolonged droughts and erratic...

VIDEO: The Study of Internal Conflict | GNSI Research Initiative

Streamed live on Sep 25, 2025 In this second installment in the Future of Warfare series, Robert S. Burrell, PhD, a Senior Research Fellow at the Global and National Security Institute, sits down with a retired U.S. Army War College professor,...

Afghan women lose their 'last hope' as Taliban shuts down internet

Mahfouz ZubaideAfghanistan producer ShareSave Fahima Noori had big dreams when she graduated from university in Afghanistan. She had studied law, graduated from a midwifery programme and even worked in a mental health clinic. But all that was...

‘It felt like we had gone back centuries’: Afghans express relief after internet restored

Just before nightfall on Wednesday, the near-deserted streets of Afghanistan’s capital suddenly filled with people – mobile phones everywhere had pinged back to life. With phones pressed to their ears or tightly gripped in their hands, Afghans...

Kabul families struggle as water shortages worsen

[Photo Credit: Reuters] Eight-year-old Noorullah and his twin, Sanaullah, spend their days hauling yellow jerrycans on a wheelbarrow through Kabul’s dusty alleys instead of going to school – an ordeal for one family that reflects Afghanistan’s...

'I'm Breathing Again': Afghans Relieved After Internet Restored

Just before nightfall on Wednesday, the near-deserted streets of Afghanistan's capital Kabul suddenly filled with people -- mobile phones everywhere had pinged back to life. With phones pressed to their ears or tightly gripped in their hands,...

UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Science and Technology MCQs on Uranium, Hydrogen as fuel and more (Week 130)

UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative of subject-wise quizzes. These quizzes are designed to help you revise some of the most important topics from the static part of the syllabus. Attempt today’s subject quiz on Science and Technology to...

Taliban blame internet blackout on ‘decaying infrastructure’ as NGOs say ordinary Afghans suffering

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Afghanistan in Darkness: Internet Blackouts, Women Silenced, A Nation Sold

How the Taliban Are Trading a Nation’s Future and Betraying Afghan Sovereignty The Taliban’s bans on education, technology, and women’s rights are not isolated acts — they are a deliberate strategy to enslave a nation, hand its future to foreign...

When the Taliban switches off the internet, Afghanistan disappears

In the age of artificial intelligence and digital everything, it is astonishing to see a “total internet blackout”. On Monday, internet watchdog groups Telecomtalk and NetBlocks reported that “connectivity in Afghanistan has now collapsed to 14%...