The Taliban’s Civil War Has Already Started — and It Is Happening in Kabul, Not the Mountains
(By Khalid Masood) I. The Internet Shutdown Rebellion In late 2025, Hibatullah Akhundzada did what he had done a hundred times before. From his compound in Kandahar, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan issued an edict. This one was sweeping: a nationwide internet shutdown. The reasoning was characteristically theological. The digital realm,…