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Afghanistan faced a sweeping internet blackout on Tuesday after the ruling Taliban vowed to cut off access as part of a crackdown on \u201cimmoral activities,\u201d sparking fears of further isolation for millions living under their increasingly harsh rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Internet watchdog Netblocks said late Monday that multiple networks in Afghanistan had been disconnected and that telephone services had also been impacted, resulting in what it said was a \u201ctotal internet blackout\u201d in the nation of 43 million people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Afghans abroad told CNN they were unable to reach family members inside the country and on Tuesday morning flight data showed several incoming flights to Kabul were cancelled.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFrom yesterday there is no communication with a single person,\u201d Mohammad Hadi, a 30-year-old Afghan who has lived in India\u2019s capital Delhi since 2019 told CNN. \u201cThere is no means to talk, to be sure that they are safe or not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hadi described a looming sense of panic among Afghan diaspora suddenly cut off from their loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt is disrupting everything, I mean, everything is connected, at least we could make a call before,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kabul-based Tolo News TV reported that the shutdown had severely affected its operations. The Associated Press and Agence France-Presse international news agencies both said they had been unable to contact their bureaus in the capital Kabul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n