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Telephones -
main lines in use | 280,000 (2005) | | Telephones -
mobile cellular | 1.4 million (2005) | | | Telephone system | general assessment: very limited telephone and telegraph service; many Afghans utilize growing cellular phone coverage in major cities
domestic: telephone service is improving with the licensing of several wireless telephone service providers in 2005 and 2006; approximately 4 in 100 Afghans own a wireless telephone; telephone main lines remain limited
international: country code - 93; five VSAT's installed in Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kandahar, and Jalalabad provide international and domestic voice and data connectivity (2006) | | | Radio broadcast stations | AM 21, FM 5, shortwave 1 (broadcasts in Pashtu, Afghan Persian (Dari), Urdu, and English) (2006) | | Television broadcast
stations | at least 7 (1 government-run central television station in Kabul and regional stations in 6 of the 34 provinces) (2006) | | | Internet country code | .af | | | Internet users | 30,000 (2005) | |
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