13 Million SIM Cards Registered In Afghanistan, Claims Taliban
The Taliban's Ministry of Communications said that 1.6 million SIM cards have been registered in Afghanistan in the past three months.
The spokesperson of the ministry said that there are 25 million active SIM cards in Afghanistan, of which 13.9 million have been registered.
Enayatullah Alokozai, the spokesman for the Taliban's Ministry of Communications, wrote in a post on social media platform X on Tuesday, October 15, that the group manages illegal SIM cards and protects people's privacy by creating a system.
The spokesperson of the ministry emphasised that the process of registering SIM cards is still ongoing across the country.
The Taliban's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology had previously asked all telecom companies in Afghanistan to register their customers' SIM cards according to the procedure for registering telecom SIM cards.
The previous Afghan government also tried to register SIM cards to ensure security and prevent abuse by armed groups, especially the Taliban, but this process did not succeed.
However, experts and citizens are now concerned that the Taliban will violate citizens' privacy under the guise of providing security.
