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Cell phone and internet services were restored in Afghanistan on Wednesday, local residents said - around 48 hours after diplomatic and industry sources said connectivity was abruptly cut on the orders of the Taliban administration.
The cell phone services of Roshan and Etisalat companies, the foreign-owned biggest providers, came back to life in the late afternoon, according to residents in Kabul and other cities.
Internet access was restored, companies providing the service said.
The ruling Taliban did not provide a reason for the services going down or their restoration, but one Taliban source in the information department said there were technical reasons for the outage and that services would be quickly restored.
Reuters could not verify his information.
He did not respond to a request for comment on whether the Taliban had ordered the outage.
The United Nations (UN) had called for connectivity to be reinstated.
The outage, which started on Monday, follows a series of hard-line restrictions this year, including an internet ban across a swathe of the country's north, and a ban on playing chess that was imposed for fears it was giving rise to gambling.
The outage had caused chaos, with financial remittances, trade with neighbouring countries and the operations of banks paralysed, while many Afghans were left stranded after flights cancelled.
Online learning by teenage girls and women, an education lifeline after they were banned from high schools and universities, was also brought to a stop.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
A shooting in Nice, southeastern France, left two people dead and five injured on Friday, authorities said.
Snapchat will start charging users who store more than 5GB of photos and videos in its Memories feature, prompting backlash from long-time users.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday ruled that Israel is obliged under the Geneva Convention to permit and facilitate humanitarian aid from third states and neutral organisations,
On Wednesday, Russia reported that its military had carried out large-scale strikes on Ukraine’s energy facilities, while Ukraine said its forces had targeted a Russian chemical plant.
On Wednesday, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte expressed full confidence in U.S. President Donald Trump and defended his initiatives ahead of a planned meeting with the Russian leader.
According to the UN, the majority of methane leaks identified by satellites — around 90% — are still not officially acknowledged by governments or oil and gas companies.
A bill extending Israeli law to the occupied West Bank, a move widely seen as tantamount to annexation of territory sought by Palestinians for a future state received preliminary approval from Israel’s parliament on Wednesday.
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