Taliban Facebook plan is attempt to silence critics, journalists say - New Delhi Times - India's Only International Newspaper

Plans by the Taliban to block access to Facebook are a further attempt to curtail freedom of speech and silence critics in Afghanistan, according to journalists and activists. The proposal was announced by the Taliban’s acting minister of telecommunication and information technologies, Najibullah Haqqani. In an interview with TOLO News, Haqqani said his ministry was…

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