Afghanistan in Digital Isolation After Internet Blackout

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00:00Afghanistan has entered an unprecedented digital isolation.

00:04No internet, no phone services, no digital connectivity at all after the Taliban decided

00:10to cut off all services nationwide, justifying the move as part of what it called moral measures.

00:16Rather conservative regimes see the internet as a means of, you know, liberating women,

00:23which in their books is a really bad thing.

00:28But then also they see it as people accessing all sorts of different information on the

00:33internet, which they would rather people not see.

00:36The shutdown included fiber optic lines, crippling vital sectors such as banking, customs, and

00:43even air travel.

00:44The impact is not limited to institutions.

00:47It has also hit individuals hard.

00:51A lot of people due to unemployment in Afghanistan, a lot of young people are using the internet

00:56to offer their services as freelancers to different clients around the world.

01:02This measure comes on top of other restrictions imposed by the Taliban since returning to power,

01:07including banning women's education, restricting their employment, and prohibiting certain professions

01:13the group considers inappropriate.