The message from the Taliban regime in Kabul was announced via a government source to the news agency AFP.
Earlier on Monday, reports came from journalists and international organizations about extensive problems with telecommunications and cable-transmitted communication.
There are no other ways or systems to communicate. The banking sector, customs, everything in the country is affected, said a source to the news agency.
According to the international organization Netblocks, which examines cybersecurity and governance of the internet, the shutdown of internet traffic occurred at a rapid pace – from 14 percent to just over one percent during the afternoon.
"The overall connectivity is now under one percent (of normal levels) which means a total shutdown" states Netblocks and relates to the Afghan Taliban regime's previous message about controlling internet traffic in the country:
The outages "appear to be linked to the deliberate shutdown of the service).
The disruptions also affect mobile phones.
The Taliban regime began a few weeks ago to dismantle optical fiber connections to prevent "sin".
