ISLAMABAD (AP) — Confusion surrounds the state of internet connectivity in Afghanistan, after some networks were apparently restored on Wednesday following an outage that began Monday.

The Associated Press earlier reported what claimed to be a Taliban statement denying reports that the blackout was a deliberate move and saying old fiber optic cables are worn out and being replaced.

However, it later emerged that the statement was false.

The Taliban sometimes communicate with Pakistani journalists through an official WhatsApp group. The false statement was forwarded as an individual message to some of the group's members but was not posted in the group itself. It came from an Afghan user whose name resembled the official name of the media WhatsApp group.

The sender has disappeared and t

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