CBS Top News｜塔利班在最新一轮镇压行动中切断了阿富汗全国的互联网

Afghanistan is in the midst of a communications blackout, just weeks after Taliban authorities began severing fibre optic connections in multiple provinces, in what appears to be the Islamist regime's latest crackdown.

"Afghanistan is now in the midst of a total internet blackout as Taliban authorities move to implement morality measures, with multiple networks disconnected through the morning in a stepwise manner; telephone services are currently also impacted," the cybersecurity and internet governance watchdog Netblocks said Monday in a post on X.

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities began to restrict internet service earlier this month, shutting down high-speed connections in several regions across the country, the French news agency AFP reported Monday. CBS News has independently verified that internet links have now been cut nationwide.

The Taliban's leadership has not publicly commented on the blackout. But on Friday, Haji Zahid, a local Taliban spokesperson in the northern province of Balkh, said in a post on X that the ban had been ordered by their leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, "to prevent immoral activities."

Afghan television channel TOLO said Monday that its broadcast had been disrupted by the communications crackdown.

TOLO News also reported that mobile phone internet services have been shut down. It cited sources within the Taliban that indicated mobile services could soon be restored but with a lower-capacity 2G signal.

The U.S. and most other Western nations have refused to recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan's legitimate government since it retook control in 2021, following the Biden administration's chaotic withdrawal from the country.

The country's Taliban rulers have dramatically rolled back the rights of women and girls, detained journalists, and cracked down on public dissent since retaking power.

The country faces one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, according to Human Rights Watch, exacerbated by donor governments' aid cuts and the return of 1.9 million refugees expelled from Iran and Pakistan. Afghanistan is also still recovering from a devastating earthquake that killed nearly 3,000 people earlier this month.

Torek Farhadi, a former senior advisor to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, told CBS News on Monday that the lack of internet access will be devastating for ordinary people in Afghanistan.

"For Afghanistan's youth, it is definitely another costly fallback if it continues. It closes the door on online education, it severely handicaps business owners who communicate with clients," Farhadi said. "It is a deliberate decision to lead society to a blind spot."

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阿富汗正陷入通信中断的困境。就在几周前，塔利班当局开始在多个省份切断光纤连接，这似乎是该伊斯兰政权的最新镇压手段。

网络安全与互联网治理监测机构Netblocks周一在社交平台X上发文称，随着塔利班当局推行道德管控措施，阿富汗目前正处于全面断网状态，多个网络从清晨开始逐步断开，电话服务目前也受到影响。

据法新社（AFP）周一报道，阿富汗塔利班当局本月早些时候开始限制互联网服务，切断了该国多个地区的高速网络连接。哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网（CBS News）已独立核实，目前阿富汗全国范围内的互联网连接均已被切断。

塔利班领导层尚未就此次断网事件公开置评。但周五，巴尔赫省北部塔利班地方发言人哈吉·扎希德在社交平台X上发文称，该禁令由其领袖海巴图拉·阿洪扎达下令实施，目的是"防止不道德行为"。

阿富汗托洛电视台（TOLO）周一表示，其广播因通信管制而中断。

TOLO新闻还报道称，移动电话互联网服务已被关闭。该媒体援引塔利班内部消息人士的话称，移动服务可能很快恢复，但将采用容量较低的2G信号。

自2021年拜登政府混乱撤军后塔利班重新掌权以来，美国和大多数西方国家均拒绝承认其作为阿富汗合法政府的地位。

自重新掌权以来，该国的塔利班统治者大幅剥夺了妇女和女童的权利，拘留记者，并镇压公众异议。

人权观察组织指出，该国正面临全球最严重的人道主义危机之一。捐助国政府削减援助，以及被伊朗和巴基斯坦驱逐的190万难民返乡，进一步加剧了这一危机。此外，阿富汗本月早些时候遭遇毁灭性地震，造成近3000人遇难，目前仍在灾后恢复中。

国际货币基金组织和世界银行前高级顾问托雷克·法哈迪（Torek Farhadi）周一告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News），无法接入互联网将对阿富汗普通民众造成毁灭性影响。

法拉赫迪表示：“对阿富汗青年而言，若这种情况持续下去，无疑将造成另一场代价高昂的倒退。它不仅关闭了在线教育的大门，更严重阻碍了与客户沟通的经营者。这是一项蓄意将社会引向盲区的决策。”

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