Joint communique of 11th Session of Supreme Strategic Committee between Qatar and Turki̇ye

Doha: The 11th session of the Supreme Strategic Committee between the State of Qatar and the Republic of Turkiye was held on Oct. 22, 2025 in Doha, Qatar, under the chairmanship of the Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and President of the...

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...

'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,...

‘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...

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,...

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...

'Absolute control': Human rights groups slam telecom blackout in Afghanistan

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have cut telecommunications nationwide, paralysing services crucial to women's education, information access, business and entertainment. The blackout, which the Taliban government says will be in place "until...

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...

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%...

Taliban turn off internet for all of Afghanistan to ‘prevent immoral behaviour’

Afghan media reported that the restriction was in line with the Taliban leadership’s decree from earlier this month to tackle online “immorality”. The ban blocked mobile and broadband internet services, disrupted satellite television, and even...

‘We Are Blind’: The Impact Of Afghanistan’s Telecoms Blackout

Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have cut telecommunications nationwide, paralysing services crucial to women’s education, information access and entertainment. The blackout, which the Taliban government says will be in place “until further...

UN Envoy: Afghanistan Internet Blackout Endangers Rights and Economy

Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan, speaks during a press conference in Kabul on May 26, 2022. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)UN human rights envoy Richard Bennett warned Afghanistan’s internet...

Pak-Afghan members of academia, parliament, civil society attend first regional forum by SASSI, WFA

People-to-people linkages to boost prospects of peace, prosperity in region: Ihsaan Experts from diverse backgrounds, representing different ethnic communities and nationalities of Afghanistan, representatives of think tanks, parliament and civil...

Taliban cut off internet in Afghanistan: Why women will be the most impacted

Afghanistan has been plunged into near-total digital darkness as the Taliban enforce a sweeping internet blackout, cutting off both wired and mobile services across the country. What began as regional restrictions earlier in September has now...

Taliban Shuts Down Internet in Afghanistan to ‘Prevent Immoral Activities’

A massive Internet blackout struck Afghanistan on September 29, evidently imposed by the Taliban regime to “prevent immoral activities,” as a spokesman for the Islamist junta put it. Radio Free Europe (RFE) noted that Taliban officials were...

Taliban shuts down internet in Afghanistan

There's been no explanation why the country has been disconnected. Show more The United Nations has appealed to the Taliban to immediately restore telecommunications across Afghanistan. UN officials said the ban had far-reaching consequences,...

Taliban cut off internet in Afghanistan: Why women will be the most impacted

Afghanistan has been plunged into near-total digital darkness as the Taliban enforce a sweeping internet blackout, cutting off both wired and mobile services across the country. What began as regional restrictions earlier in September has now...

Taliban Imposes Nationwide Internet Blackout in Afghanistan to Curb Vice

The Taliban’s Sweeping Digital Clampdown In a move that has plunged Afghanistan into unprecedented isolation, the Taliban regime has orchestrated a nationwide internet blackout, severing the country’s digital lifelines and raising alarms about...

The internet was their lifeline - now Afghan women say they've lost their 'last hope'

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 taken away when the Taliban swept into power in...