Communications in Afghanistan
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Telephones - main lines in use: 29,000 (1998)
Telephones - mobile cellular: NA
Telephone Country Code: +93
Telephone system:
- general assessment: very limited telephone and telegraph service
- domestic: in 1997, telecommunications links were established between Mazar-e Sharif, Herat, Kandahar, Jalalabad, and Kabul through satellite and microwave systems
- international: satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) linked only to Iran and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region); commercial satellite telephone center in Ghazni.
Radio broadcast stations: AM 7 (6 are inactive; the active station is in Kabul), FM 1, shortwave 1 (broadcasts in Pushtu, Dari, Urdu, and English) (1999)
Radios: 167,000 (1999)
Television broadcast stations: at least 10 (one government run central television station in Kabul and regional stations in nine of the 30 provinces; the regional stations operate on a reduced schedule; also, in 1997, there was a station in Mazar-e Sharif reaching four northern Afghanistan provinces) (1998)
Televisions: 100,000 (1999)
Internet country code: .af
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)
Internet users: NA
Country code: AF
References
Some information in this article has been taken from the CIA World Factbook, 2003 edition.
External links
- Difficulties of operating media organizations in Afghanistan (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4085955.stm)zh:阿富汗通讯