The Taliban have threatened to destroy mobile phone towers and the offices of mobile phone companies in Afghanistan if the companies don't agree to stop mobile phone calls between 5:00 pm and 3:00 am each day. Zabiullah Mujaheed, a Taliban spokesman, said the movement was giving mobile phone companies three days to comply.
According to the Taliban, US forces in Afghanistan have been using night-time calls to track down members of the mililtant movement.
Mobile phones were first introduced in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban government in 2001 (BBC).
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