“We have blocked 23.4 million websites. They are changing their pages every time. So, when you block one website another one will be active,” acting Minister Najibullah Haqqani was quoted as saying by Tolo News.

Speaking at a conference, the acting minister also said that the ministry has collected more than 6.8 billion Afs this year, which is a 1.2 billion Afs increase from last year.

The deputy minister of communications and information, Ahmad Masoud Latif Rai, expressed criticism of the Meta-owned social media site Facebook for its lack of cooperation with the ministry.

“They bring up the issue of (government) recognition… and, therefore, they don’t cooperate very well with us,” Deputy Minister Latif Rai was quoted as saying by Tolo News.

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has completed one-year in power on Aug 15.