Taliban lift daytime phone ban in Afghan province

[Coventina]

Source: Reuters

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents have lifted a ban on mobile telephone companies operating their networks during daylight hours in the Afghan province of Ghazni, residents said Tuesday.

The local ban in Ghazni, two hours' drive south of Kabul, was imposed two weeks ago and came on top of a Taliban order to phone operators in February to turn off their networks at night across the country.

"Mobile phones are working again for the past couple of days, it is great," said resident Sherin Agha by phone from Ghazni town.

Taliban insurgents have destroyed several mobile phone towers in the south, causing resentment among residents for whom mobile phones are a vital means of communication. After 30 years of war, there are almost no landlines still working.



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[last1standing]

1. Heck of a job, bushie!

All these years, lives and money spent, just so that the Taliban can STILL call the shots in Afghanistan.

Thankfully, a change for the better is coming to all the world.

GOBAMA!!!