UN / AFGHANISTAN INTERNET BAN

UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan reported that, in the last few hours, a nearly 48-hour cut in the Internet and telecommunications connectivity across the country appears to have been reversed, with services resuming nationwide, a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:01:52
• Production Date: 1 October 2025
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN - UNAMA
• Subject Topical: PEACEKEEPERS; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS; INTERNET; TELECOMMUNICATIONS
• Geographic Subject: AFGHANISTAN
• MAMS Id: 3458446
• Parent Id: 3458446
• Alternate Title: unifeed251001b

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STORY: UN / AFGHANISTAN INTERNET BAN
TRT: 01:52
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 01 OCTOBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UN Headquarters

01 OCTOBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, UN Spokesperson, journalists, press room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Let me start with an update on Afghanistan. Our colleagues at the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan tell us that in the last few hours, a nearly 48-hour cut in the Internet and telecommunications connectivity across the country appears to have been reversed, with services resuming nationwide. The cut was implemented without clear explanation from the de facto Taliban authorities and appears to have been reversed also without an explanation.”
4. Wide shot, UN Spokesperson, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The UN Mission adds that in addition, it appears that commercial air traffic, in addition to United Nations flights, are also now cleared to resume normally. As mentioned yesterday, the communications cut has risked inflicting multiple negative impacts on the Afghan people: on economic stability, on the continued grave situation for Afghan women and girls, and on the rights of all Afghan people to freedom of expression and access to information and privacy.”
6. Wide shot, UN Spokesperson, journalists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The cut has also disrupted our own work, ranging from the Security Council-mandated work of the UN Mission in Kabul to the vital and lifesaving humanitarian assistance and basic human needs work of the multiple UN agencies, funds, and programmes who are all operating in Afghanistan, as well as their own international and local partners. That work includes critical assistance to victims of the recent earthquakes. We welcome the reversal of this ban and will continue to watch developments closely.”
8. Wide shot, UN Spokesperson, journalists

Storyline

UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan reported that, in the last few hours, a nearly 48-hour cut in the Internet and telecommunications connectivity across the country appears to have been reversed, with services resuming nationwide, a UN spokesperson said.

Addressing the press today (1 Oct), Stéphane Dujarric, UN Spokesperson said, “Our colleagues at the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan tell us that in the last few hours, a nearly 48-hour cut in the Internet and telecommunications connectivity across the country appears to have been reversed, with services resuming nationwide. The cut was implemented without clear explanation from the de facto Taliban authorities and appears to have been reversed also without an explanation.”

He continued, “The UN Mission adds that in addition, it appears that commercial air traffic, in addition to United Nations flights, are also now cleared to resume normally. As mentioned yesterday, the communications cut have risked inflicting multiple negative impacts on the Afghan people: on economic stability, on the continued grave situation for Afghan women and girls, and on the rights of all Afghan people to freedom of expression and access to information and privacy.”

He concluded, “The cut has also disrupted our own work, ranging from the Security Council-mandated work of the UN Mission in Kabul to the vital and lifesaving humanitarian assistance and basic human needs work of the multiple UN agencies, funds, and programmes who are all operating in Afghanistan, as well as their own international and local partners. That work includes critical assistance to victims of the recent earthquakes. We welcome the reversal of this ban, and will continue to watch developments closely.”