Innovation & Technology

The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MoCIT) says that with the activation of around 31 new telecom towers across central Logar last year, nearly 90 percent of the province is now covered by telecommunications services.

Following the publication of a Pajhwok Afghan News report on the poor quality of telecommunication and internet services in central Daikundi, the provincial Department of Telecommunications and Information Technology has announced that 10 new telecommunication sites have been activated in various districts of the province.

Seven new telecom sites have been constructed and put into service in Baraki Barak and Kharwar districts and the capital of central Logar province, an official announced on Monday.

The leadership of the Islamic Emirate has allocated eight million afghanis to confirm and determine the ownership of telecom tower lands across the country, the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock said on Monday.

Internet and telecom services were partially restored in Afghanistan on Wednesday after a nationwide shutdown.

Amnesty International has condemned the nationwide shutdown of internet services in Afghanistan as ‘a reckless move’ that will worsen the country’s humanitarian crisis and violate human rights.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Tuesday appealed the interim Afghan government to immediately restore internet and telecommunications access across the country/

Afghanistan faced a second day without internet and mobile phone service on Tuesday, after the interim authorities cut the fibre optic network.

Following the publication of a report by Pajhwok Afghan News on internet and telecom issues in central Daikundi, the Director General of the Afghanistan Telecom Regulatory Authority (ATRA) visited the province and announced the activation of 19 new telecom sites.

In the heart of central Daikundi’s towering mountains, where internet services and educational facilities are limited, a number of girls and women use various educational applications to learn new skills, opening up a fresh path for their academic and professional growth.

About 7,500 SIM cards are daily distributed free of charge by telecommunication companies to newly returnees in Islam Qala port of western Herat province, an official said on Wednesday.

Sixteen new telecom sites are being established in remote areas of six districts and the capital of central Logar province based on recommendations from the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MoCIT), an official said on Wednesday.