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Communications (Afghanistan)

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)
Radios:	167,000 (1999)
Television broadcast stations:	at least 7 (1 government-run central television station in Kabul and regional stations in 6 of the 34 provinces) (2006)
Televisions:	100,000 (1999)
Internet country code:	.af
Internet hosts:	22 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):	1 (2000)
Internet users:	30,000 (2005)
Communications - note:	Internet access is growing through Internet cafes as well as public "telekiosks" in Kabul (2005)