According to Reuters, google has momentarily disabled certain Afghan government e - mail accounts as the Taliban attempts to gain access to the emails of former officials. google claimed on friday that it was "taking interim steps to safeguard relevant accounts," although it did not disclose that the accounts had been completely locked down. We are constantly analysing the situation in afghanistan in conjunction with specialists. As new information comes in, we're taking interim steps to safeguard affected accounts," a google representative said in a statement.

The accounts were totally shut down, according to a source familiar with the situation, since the information may be used to hunt out ex-government officials who the organisation would attack. So according to reports, over two dozen officials, including those from the ministries, industry, higher education, as well as mining, and also local governments and indeed the presidential protocol office, utilised google for official correspondence.

As the Taliban begin taking complete command of Kabul, former personnel fear retaliation. This is amid the Taliban's attempts to project a much more moderate stance than they did when they took control in 1996. Former-ministers, contractors, tribal friends, and international partners may all be found out by commanding official databases and emails.
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04/09/2021 10:05 AM