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'broke.af' goes offline as Afghan web domains suspended

By Raphael Satter

Feb 19 2024 6:49AM

Amid payment dispute.

'broke.af' goes offline as Afghan web domains suspended

More than 100 Afghan websites have been suspended after a French internet services firm failed to make payments to the Taliban-controlled Ministry of Communications, officials said, a blow to mischievous internet users who used the ".af" appended to Afghan web domains to give their sites an edgy ...

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