Young Kabulis first travelled to high points in the mountainous capital, phones raised skyward, hoping to catch a signal. We can't do anything without it," a private bank manager told AFP. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement Advertisement"Without online appointments, patients have to show up spontaneously and hope I can take them, or wait, sometimes for nothing," he told AFP. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementRestaurants without delivery services, the post office, travel agencies and shops all told AFP they had suffered heavy economic losses. Weddings -- often involving a lifetime of savings and up to 2,000 guests -- became an "unmanageable situation", a wedding hall boss in the capital Kabul told AFP.