Yesterday the Taliban gave Afghanistani mobile networks an ultimatum. Shut down your networks at night, or face attack. Landlines are pretty defunct in the country making mobile networks the key method of communication - for the Taliban and Allied Forces. The Allied Forces carry out plenty of their operations at night and this is what the Taliban are trying to restrict. The thing is, as has been pointed out, the Allied Forces use satellite phones too. They don’t need to rely on mobile networks. Surely the Taliban know this? If they don’t maybe they just want a quiet night’s sleep, but chances are, they do and want to put a stranglehold on the country. Where does this leave those companies? read full post »