
UN: ‘Humanitarian Efforts Jeopardized by Taliban Blackout’
The Afghanistan crisis is heightened by its rulers imposing control on essential services and financial networks—in the form of an organised communications blackout.

The Afghanistan crisis is heightened by its rulers imposing control on essential services and financial networks—in the form of an organised communications blackout.

An internet watchdog reports that connectivity at less than 1% of normal levels, forcing residents and businesses to rely on radio and limited satellite links to communicate.

Women’s rights—especially access to education—are being trampled on daily in Afghanistan.

Homes, businesses, and offices are left offline while mobile data remains accessible in northern Afghanistan.

Across their territory, the Islamist authorities are cutting cables to ‘preserve virtue.’
Following secret government talks with the Taliban, regular repatriations of migrants could become a reality.

After destructive tremors women are left without help—not least thanks to a legal ban on men touching women.

The United Nations says the earthquake could impact “hundreds of thousands.”

In eastern Afghanistan, ongoing rescue efforts aim to help the thousands injured or displaced by the disaster.

Around 2,000 Afghans with prior approval could soon travel to Germany via Pakistan.