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General assessment: limited landline telephone service; an increasing number of Afghans utilize mobile-cellular phone networks in major cities
Domestic: aided by the presence of multiple providers, mobile-cellular telephone service is improving rapidly
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 (2007)