When Taliban Shut Down the Internet, Women Lost their Lifeline to Aid, Education & Each Other By UN Women Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/when-taliban-shut-down-the-internet-women-lost-their-lifeline-to-aid-education-each-other/ The recent blackout exposed how vital the Internet has become for Afghan women and how, when that connection is lost, hope fades and isolation takes hold. NEW YORK, Oct 22 2025 (IPS) - When the Taliban recently cut off the Internet and phone networks across Afghanistan, millions of women and girls were silenced. For those with connectivity, the blackout severed their last link to the outside world – a fragile connection that had kept education, work, and hope alive. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.