Introduction
How is the communication system in Afghanistan? Here, Broadcast media include under the Taliban government, independent media outlets have decreased in number and are probably self-censoring criticism of the Taliban and the Ministry of Information and Culture monitors all mass media in Afghanistan; television and radio are key media platforms; only about a fifth of Afghans use the internet, mostly through smartphones (2023). What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Afghanistan
Internet country code .af
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
Total 26,570 (2020 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 0.1 (2020 est.)
Internet users
Total 7.02 million (2020 est.)
Percent of population 18% (2020 est.)
Telecommunication systems
General assessment Afghanistan's telecom sector is facing challenges providing adequate coverage to all of the population; prior to the Taliban regaining power, the World Bank and other donors supported the development of a nationwide fiber backbone and there is terrestrial cable connectivity to five neighboring countries; work on the 'Wakhan Corridor Fiber Optic Survey Project' to connect to China has faced obstacles because of Afghanistan's economic issues. (2021)
Domestic Before the Taliban takeover in August 2021, less than 1 per 100 for fixed-line teledensity; 57 per 100 for mobile-cellular subscriptions (2021)
International Country code - 93; multiple VSAT's provide international and domestic voice and data connectivity (2019)
Telephones - fixed lines
Total subscriptions 146,000 (2021 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (2021 est.) less than 1
Telephones - mobile cellular
Total subscriptions 22.678 million (2021 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 57 (2021 est.)
All Important Facts about Afghanistan

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Afghanistan is found in Southern Asia