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Internet and telecommunications services in Afghanistan have reportedly resumed after a nearly 48-hour outage, Interfax reports, citing the UN.
"The de facto authorities – representatives of the Taliban movement – have not provided a clear explanation for their decisions," the UN website said.
It is noted that air traffic was also allowed to resume as usual.
The UN previously warned that the communications blackout was causing widespread harm to the Afghan people, who were hit by a devastating earthquake last month.
Speaking via an unstable satellite video link from Kabul, UN Humanitarian Coordinator Indrika Ratwatte noted that telecommunications and fiber-optic services in Afghanistan have been disrupted since Monday. He added that contact with humanitarian workers in remote areas assisting earthquake victims in eastern Afghanistan has been lost.
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan a month ago. The disaster claimed the lives of approximately 2,000 people and damaged 8,500 homes.
