98% of Telephone SIM Cards Registered in Afghanistan, Says Taliban Communications Minister
Najibulllah Haqqani, the Taliban’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, announced that 98 percent of telephone SIM cards have been registered in Afghanistan.
Haqqani added that effective steps have been taken to prevent the sale of illegal and unregistered SIM cards too.
Haqqani stated that currently 23 million telephone SIM cards are active in Afghanistan.
The previous government of Afghanistan had declared the sale of unregistered SIM cards illegal and considered it one of the factors for the instability in the country.
The Minister of Communications of the Taliban said during a press conference on Wednesday, that for the first time in Afghanistan, mobile quality measuring devices have been active to determine the quality of telecommunication services.
Officials of the Taliban Ministry of Communications claimed that the price of internet services has decreased by 40-60 percent and the price of telephone calls has decreased by 30 percent.
According to these officials, in order to improve the quality of Internet services, the services of 641 Internet sites have been upgraded from 2 GB to 3 GB.
