Confusion over Afghan internet outage after purported Taliban statement revealed as false

Islamabad: Confusion surrounds the state of internet connectivity in Afghanistan, after some networks were apparently restored on Wednesday following an outage that began Monday.

The Associated Press earlier reported what claimed to be a Taliban statement denying reports that the blackout was a deliberate move and saying old fibre optic cables are worn out and being replaced.

However, it later emerged that the statement was false.