For the second consecutive day, Afghanistan remains in a complete internet blackout. Since Monday evening (September 29), the Taliban, without prior warning, have cut all fiber optic internet services and mobile networks across the country, an action that experts say has created an unprecedented “digital blackout.”

The two-day meeting of Afghan civil activists and political representatives under the name “Unity and Trust” was held today, Monday (September 29), in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.

In the latest controversial decree, the Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education has imposed more than fifty restrictive orders on professors and students of Afghanistan’s universities, directives that range from banning the use of smartphones to the obligation of wearing turbans. Informed sources warn that these decisions not only further suffocate the country’s academic environment but also practically turn universities into arenas for enforcing the Taliban’s Department for t

While the world commemorates September 28 as “International Day for Universal Access to Information,” in Afghanistan not only is there no news of access to information, but the voice of the media has been silenced under the boots of Taliban censorship and pressure.