FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2016 photo, Afghanis access social media websites at a private internet cafe in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, file)

The outage was the first nationwide shutdown since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021 and was part of their professed crackdown on immorality.

(Image credit: Rahmat Gul/AP)

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