Afghan mobile access to Facebook, Instagram intentionally restricted: watchdog

An Afghan student uses his mobile phone at his residence in Kabul on October 8, 2025. Access to several social media sites, including Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, has been "intentionally restricted" in Afghanistan, an internet watchdog said on October 8, a week after a 48-hour telecommunications blackout in the country. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)