Kabul: Mobile phone services were restored across swathes of Taliban-contested areas of Afghanistan over the weekend as a partial truce with the militants held for a second day.
The commitment has seen fighting drop dramatically and is set to pave the way for an American withdrawal deal to be signed later this week.
The lull in violence allowed telecom operators to begin restoring networks that have long been hampered by fighting.
"Around 730 cell towers have restarted,” said Naqeebullah Sailab, vice chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of Afghanistan. (AFP)
The commitment has seen fighting drop dramatically and is set to pave the way for an American withdrawal deal to be signed later this week.
The lull in violence allowed telecom operators to begin restoring networks that have long been hampered by fighting.
"Around 730 cell towers have restarted,” said Naqeebullah Sailab, vice chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of Afghanistan. (AFP)