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Mobile networks and the internet were restored across Afghanistan on Wednesday, 48 hours after the Taliban authorities shut down telecommunications. Confusion gripped the South Asian country on Monday night when mobile phone service and the internet went down without warning, freezing businesses and cutting Afghans off from the rest of the world. The massive blackout came weeks after the government began cutting high-speed internet connections to some provinces to prevent “immorality”, on the orders of shadowy supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada. AFP journalists reported on Wednesday that mobile phone signals and wifi had returned to provinces across the country, including Kandahar in the south, Khost in the east, central Ghazni, and Herat in the west. The Taliban government has yet to comment on the telecommunications shutdown. On Wednesday night, hundreds of Afghans poured onto the streets in the capital Kabul, spreading the word that the internet was back. “It’s like Eidul Azha; it’s like preparing to go ...

Mobile internet services have gradually been restored in Quetta following a two-week suspension, ARY News reported on Thursday.

QUETTA: Pakistan has suspended cell phone data services for three weeks in the province of Balochistan in a bid to block communications among miscreants behind a surge in recent attacks, an official and the government said. In an order seen by Reuters, the government said the services would be suspended until the end of the […]

Mobile internet services have been suspended across Balochistan, including the provincial capital Quetta, due to heightened security concerns, provincial authorities confirmed on Thursday.

In a bid to enhance public access to digital identity services, the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) organized a special awareness campaign at Centaurus Mall, Islamabad, highlighting the features and benefits of its Pak ID Mobile App.

Mobile phone and internet services were suspended in several cities across Pakistan on Saturday as part of enhanced security measures for the 9th of Muharram-ul-Haram, observed with solemnity to honour the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) and his companions.