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UN Calls on Taliban to Restore Internet Amid Blackout
10/1/2025
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- The United Nations mission in Afghanistan urges the Taliban to restore internet after a nationwide blackout began September 29, 2025.
- This is the first outage since the Taliban regained power in August 2021 and occurs amid a crackdown on immorality.
- The blackout threatens economic stability and deepens humanitarian crises by crippling banking and isolating women and girls, per the UN.
