1/7- The Taliban’s new Minister of Telecommunications has dismissed the head of Afghanistan Telecom Regulatory Authority (ATRA) and appointed himself as its caretaker. 
2/7-Ministry of Telecommunications was given to Dr. Abdullah as part of power sharing deal with Ghani. But Ghani gradually rendered the ministry useless by transferring all its authority to ATRA.
3/7-ATRA was responsive to NO institution but to the DG of the office of the President, which had tasked it to extort as much money as possible from the Afghan telecom industry.
4/7-ATRA created many illegal schemes under the guise of taxes, fees & collection of Govt dues to extort money out of Afghan telecoms, which is the 2nd largest revenue generating industry after farming.
5/7- As a result, investment in Afghan telecoms sharply declined while the telecom industry was pushed to the brink of bankruptcy.
6/7- Sadly, the Taliban’s new Telecom minister and those appointed also have no background in the telecommunications, which could further drive away vital investment and attention to telecoms industry.
7/7- The Afghan telecom industry is one of the major gains of the past 20 years. Millions of Afghans and other industries such as banking rely on telecoms for day to day communications & commerce.
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