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Afghanistan Communications
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| Telephones - main lines in use: |
29,000 (1996)
note:
there were 21,000 main lines in service in Kabul in 1998
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| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
NA
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| Telephone system: |
general assessment:
very limited telephone and telegraph service
domestic:
in 1997, telecommunications links were established between Mazar-e Sharif, Herat, Kandahar, Jalalabad, and Kabul through satellite and microwave systems
international:
satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) linked only to Iran and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region); commercial satellite telephone center in Ghazni
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| Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 7 (6 are inactive; the active station is in Kabul), FM 1, shortwave 1 (broadcasts in Pushtu, Dari, Urdu, and English) (1999)
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| Television broadcast stations: |
at least 10 (one government run central television station in Kabul and regional stations in nine of the 30 provinces; the regional stations operate on a reduced schedule; also, in 1997, there was a station in Mazar-e Sharif reaching four northern Afghanistan provinces) (1998)
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| Televisions: |
100,000 (1999)
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| Internet country code: |
.af
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| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
1 (2000)
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