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Taliban Declares War on Smartphones

The directive has spread from government offices into classrooms and clinics, limiting communication and making it harder to document abuses, officials and users said.

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A newly announced ban on smartphones for government workers, police and military personnel is spilling over into healthcare and educational facilities. Ordinary citizens worry they'll be next.

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Taliban declares war on smartphones

A newly announced ban on smartphones for government workers, police and military personnel is spilling over into healthcare and educational facilities. Ordinary citizens worry they'll be next.

If someone had told me a few years ago that in the 21st century, mobile phones would be banned in Afghanistan, I wouldn't have believed it. But it's true: mobile phones are now the new target of the Taliban. The first time I heard about it was when one of my colleagues told me that the supreme leader of the Taliban had ordered government workers not to use mobile phones. At first I thought he was joking, because even ministers and senior Taliban…

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Ara.cat broke the news on Friday, July 10, 2026.
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