Afghanistan's Taliban bans Internet

Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement has banned the use of the Internet in the war-torn country.

Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement has banned the use of the Internet in the war-torn country.

"We want to establish a system in Afghanistan through which we can control all those things that are wrong, obscene, immoral and against Islam," Taliban Foreign Minister Maulvi Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil said.

There are not many computers in Afghanistan and most areas do not have electricity after two decades of war.

Those who can afford to, including foreign aid agencies, log onto the Internet through the few telephone lines provided by neighbouring Pakistan.

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The hardline Taliban movement follow a strict interpretation of Islam, not shared by other Muslim countries.

Taliban decisions and edicts on conduct are ruthlessly enforced by their powerful religious police working under the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.