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Taliban bans smartphones for government officials
The Taliban have ordered a sweeping ban on the use of smartphones by government officials - in what some analysts
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Afghanistan's Taliban government has ordered a nationwide ban on civil servants' smartphone use, a military court order showed, prompting warnings from rights activists that the move could further restrict access to information. Violators will have their cellphones smashed and face punishment under the law, the order said. App, and email," a government employee said.
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- Hibatullah Akhundzada
- Sanam Kabiri
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- Taliban2
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- Reuters
- Herat
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- Afghanistan2
- Panjshir province
- Australia
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- government2
- officials2
- smartphones
- activists
- analysts
- restrict
- servants
- sweeping
- imposes
- bans
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