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Taliban ban telecom services across Helmand

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LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): The Taliban have forced private telecom companies into suspending their services in southern Helmand province, public representatives said on Tuesday.

On the other hand, some residents of the province allege government officials accept money from private telecom firms to limit the service of the state-owned Salaam network.

Provincial council chief Attaullah Afghan said the government was showed its weakness private telecom firms could not suspend services in government-controlled areas under the contracts signed with them

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