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| Explosion Cuts Fiber Optic Cable in Nangarhar |
| 2015-08-04 |
| [Tolo News] Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MoCIT) officials on Sunday reported that a land mine kaboom in Batikot district of Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province destroyed a fiber optic cable passing from Torkham to Pakistain. The news comes as Internet connectivity in the capital has seen continuous problems in recent months, with repeated service blackouts on account of the destruction of fiber optic cables passing to Pakistain. Many have pointed blame at the government for not improving the country's IT infrastructure, or for at least not doing enough to protect what already exists. Over the past five months, fiber optic cables in eastern Nangarhar province have been damaged no less than five times. MoCIT officials have accused foreign elements of targeting the cable, suggesting that there are some in Pakistain that wish to stymie Afghanistan's development process by limiting its people's access to the Internet. "With consideration of internet development in the country, perhaps foreign circles are trying to undermine the development process and for this purpose they resort to such acts," MoCIT front man Nusrat Rahimi said on Sunday. Internet outages create problems for people from all walks of life, including some critical members of Afghan society, such as students, the business community, aviation companies, the banking sector and hospitals. Internet café owners, whose entire business model depends on connectivity, have been some of the most vocal critics of the government's handling of the situation. "Issues exist, and we cant use it properly despite paying money, so the majority of customers are unsatisfied," one cafe owner named Zekirya told TOLOnews. "The government must take action and resolve the problem." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Not my original thought, but if our country had balls, we'd do this to the ChiComs, in spades, just to return a favour. |
| Posted by: Raj 2015-08-04 00:18 |