RASC News Agency: Certain denizens of the Herat province, situated in the western expanse of Afghanistan, have articulated their discontent regarding the burgeoning costs associated with internet packages and telephonic communications. They implore the Taliban authorities to earnestly confront this issue. Mohammad Shafie, a denizen of Herat, laments to RASC News on Sunday, December 17th, the diminished quality of internet services in the province relative to times past, coupled with the onerous escalation in associated expenses. Shafie underscores that a single gigabyte of internet in Herat commands a price of 250 kabuli rupees, a sum anticipated to further ascend.
Beyond the escalation in internet tariffs, civil activist Zahir Nikjo expounds that the charges for telephonic communication packages also attain exorbitant levels in Herat. He elucidates that grievances abound concerning the misappropriation of mobile phone credit by select telecommunication networks, compelling a resolution to this quandary. Simultaneously, Rafi Azizi, an expert in Herat, accentuates to RASC News that the internet prices in Afghanistan surpass those of neighboring nations manifold. He expounds that the cost of one gigabyte of internet in Herat, priced at 250 kabuli rupees, could activate over 10 gigabytes in neighboring countries with an equivalent outlay.
Azizi contends that the apprehensions of the populace would be assuaged if the senior officials of the Taliban Group were to effectuate a coherent plan aimed at augmenting internet speeds and diminishing associated costs. Furthermore, Asef Younesi, a journalist in Herat, told RASC News that the languid pace of internet speeds routinely impedes his endeavors to download desired content. He adds that notwithstanding the vociferous claims of excellence by numerous telecommunications networks in Afghanistan, none have authentically delivered services deemed satisfactory by public perception.
It is imparative , endeavors to glean the perspectives of Taliban authorities in Herat on this matter have proven futile. It is noteworthy that both erstwhile government officials and the Taliban faction have convened press conferences on this matter; however, these assemblies have hitherto failed to yield outcomes conducive to the welfare of the populace.
