\n \u201cFrom yesterday there is no communication with a single person,\u201d Mohammad Hadi, a 30-year-old Afghan who has lived in India\u2019s capital Delhi since 2019 told CNN. \u201cThere is no means to talk, to be sure that they are safe or not.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Hadi described a looming sense of panic among Afghan diaspora suddenly cut off from their loved ones.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt is disrupting everything, I mean, everything is connected, at least we could make a call before,\u201d he said.\n <\/p>\n
\n Kabul-based Tolo News TV reported that the shutdown had severely affected its operations. The Associated Press and Agence France-Presse international news agencies both said they had been unable to contact their bureaus in the capital Kabul.\n <\/p>\n
\n The blackout appears to be the most extensive and coordinated telecom shutdowns in Afghanistan since the Taliban returned<\/a> to power in 2021, raising fears of a return to the strictures of previous Taliban rule, which banned television, satellites and other mass communication devices in its war on immorality.\n <\/p>\n \n Afghan Embassy sources confirmed to CNN that the internet was blocked by the Afghan government and there are very limited mobile phones working there. CNN attempts to reach Taliban officials for comment via messaging app did not go through and there has been no official statement yet from the group.\n <\/p>\n \n Earlier this month Taliban officials warned they would cut off internet access across the country \u201cto prevent immoral activities.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n An \u201calternative system will be established within the country for essential needs,\u201d the governor of northern Balkh province, Haji Zaid, said in a statement. He did not clarify what was meant by \u201cimmoral activities.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Zaid said the order came from Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban\u2019s reclusive supreme leader.\n <\/p>\n \n According to UNAMA, the internet and mobile access disruptions began on September 16, with a nationwide blackout imposed on the evening of September 29 without prior notice.\n <\/p>\n \n Wahida Faizi, an Afghan journalist based in Denmark, described the personal toll of losing contact with her family. \u201cIt has only been a few hours since the internet was cut off in Afghanistan, but for me, it feels like a lifetime has passed,\u201d Faizi told CNN on Monday.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cEvery day after work, my mother and father\u2019s voice brought peace to my heart \u2026 Perhaps we always complained about the slow internet in Afghanistan, but today I have realized that even faulty internet and those simple moments of video calls were such a great blessing,\u201d Faizi said.\n <\/p>\n \n Activists said the shutdown could have devastating consequences for Afghanistan, which is in the throes of a humanitarian crisis that has only worsened since the Taliban seized power in 2021 following a chaotic United States withdrawal.\n <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-09-30t064319z-293124545-rc242hao7rbg-rtrmadp-3-afghanistan-internet.JPG\")
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