Afghanistan regains internet access amid confusion over who was responsible for blackout

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Afghanistan is gradually getting back online, Taliban officials said, following a sweeping cut in cell phone and internet services that affected everything from banking to travel to aid work. “Following a major technical disruption in Afghanistan’s mobile networks, phone call services have now begun to be gradually restored,” the Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture said in a statement Wednesday, adding that teams were “working round-the-clock to ensure the com