Live Eventsas a Reliable and Trusted News Source Addas a Reliable and Trusted News Source Add Now! "It is going to be cut, it will happen gradually tonight, there are eight to nine thousand telecommunications pillars it will shut down," he told AFP on condition of anonymity. "There isn't any other way or system to communicate... the banking sector, customs, everything across the country will be affected. "It may turn out that disconnecting internet access while keeping phone service available will take some trial and error. "Over the past weeks, internet connections have been extremely slow or intermittent.On September 16, Balkh provincial spokesman Attaullah Zaid said fibre optic internet was completely banned in northern province on the Taliban leader's orders.