A Taliban fighter holding an M16 assault rifle stands outside the Interior Ministry in Kabul. Credit: Reuters File Photo
Business Insider: Taliban websites and WhatsApp groups suddenly go dark
* Five Taliban websites, which operate in Pashto, Dari, Arabic, Urdu, and English, went offline, the Washington Post reported.
* The actors who shut down the sites are unknown.
* Websites and social media have been integral communication tools for the Taliban and other extremist groups across South Asia and the Middle East.
Several Taliban websites and WhatsApp groups suddenly went offline on Friday, the Washington Post reported.
Five Taliban websites, which operate in Pashto, Dari, Arabic, Urdu, and English languages, went offline, though it remains unclear who took the sites down, the Post reported.
According to public record, web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare manages the security of the five webpages.
Cloudflare has previously made similar efforts to cut services to extremist organizations online, taking away its protection of Neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer in 2017 and online message forum 8chan in 2019.
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WNU Editor: These sites should have been taken down months ago. Especially the WhatsApp Groups. My prediction. The Taliban will find a more friendly hosting company and be back online before we know it.
More News On Taliban Websites And WhatsApp Groups Suddenly Going Offline
Taliban websites mysteriously go dark -- FOX News
Some Taliban websites go offline amid broader tech crackdown -- NBC T
aliban websites disappear from internet, reason unclear -- Reuters
Taliban Websites That Delivered Its Official Messages to Afghans and the World Have Disappeared -- AP
