06 November 2019

The Taliban has threatened to target employees and installations of the state-owned Salaam Telecommunication Company for not taking seriously the warnings of the group and conducting “intelligence activities”. 

Known as a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement, the Taliban said in a statement that  installations, offices and vehicles of the company will be treated as military targets and that the group will destroy the optic fibre lines.

The group also claimed customers will also face the consequences of using the services of Salaam telecom company. 

The Taliban said that Salaam is conducting intelligence activities and provides the ground for Afghan and foreign forces operations against the group. 

Acting minister of telecommunication and information technology Mohammad Fahim Hashimi said the activities of the company will continue and that the security of its employees will be ensured. 

“The Salaam company will continue its services to the people of Afghanistan. No threat will prevent the activities of this company. Urgent measures will be taken for the security of the company’s employees,” he added.