LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Private telecommunication companies have suspended services in southern Helmand province for an indefinite period in compliance with orders from the Taliban, an official said Sunday.
Omaidullah Zaheer, head of the Information and Telecommunication Department (ICD), told reporters in Lashkargah, the provincial capital, that the telecommunication companies had stopped functioning since Saturday 5:00pm.
He said the government could not pressurize the private companies to resume their services. “If we put pressure on them, the Taliban may torch mobile signal towers or other facilities”, he said . . .
