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Taleban issue mobile phone threat

Source: BBC News

Last Updated: Monday, 25 February 2008, 11:13 GMT

Taleban issue mobile phone threat
By Jon Brain
BBC News, Kabul

The Taleban have threatened to blow up telephone masts across
Afghanistan unless mobile phone companies agree to switch off
their signals at night.

They say that US and other foreign troops are using the signals
to track down insurgents.

The Taleban have warned the masts and offices of the mobile
companies will be destroyed unless their demands are met.

-snip-

But communication experts say the US military uses satellites to
pick up mobile signals and does not need the help of the phone
companies anyway.

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