{"id":20303,"date":"2025-10-01T17:37:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T15:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/01\/it-felt-like-we-had-gone-back-centuries-afghans-express-relief-after-internet-restored\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T17:37:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T15:37:27","slug":"it-felt-like-we-had-gone-back-centuries-afghans-express-relief-after-internet-restored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/01\/it-felt-like-we-had-gone-back-centuries-afghans-express-relief-after-internet-restored\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It felt like we had gone back centuries\u2019: Afghans express relief after internet restored"},"content":{"rendered":"

For 48 hours Afghanistan had been cut off from mobile and internet services in a Taliban-imposed shutdown<\/p>\n

Just before nightfall on Wednesday, the near-deserted streets of Afghanistan\u2019s capital suddenly filled with people \u2013 mobile phones everywhere had pinged back to life.<\/p>\n

With phones pressed to their ears or tightly gripped in their hands, Afghans poured on to the streets of Kabul to check if others were also online.<\/p>\n

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\nFor 48 hours Afghanistan had been cut off from mobile and internet services in a Taliban-imposed shutdown
\nJust before nightfall on Wednesday, the near-deserted streets of Afghanistan\u2019s capital suddenly filled with people \u2013 mobile phones everywhere had pinged back to life.
\nWith phones pressed to their ears or tightly gripped in their hands, Afghans poured on to the streets of Kabul to check if others were also online. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For 48 hours Afghanistan had been cut off from mobile and internet services in a Taliban-imposed shutdown Just before nightfall on Wednesday, the near-deserted streets of Afghanistan\u2019s capital suddenly filled with people \u2013 mobile phones everywhere had pinged back to life. With phones pressed to their ears or tightly gripped in their hands, Afghans poured …<\/p>\n

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