Taliban Threaten To Attack Afghanistan Mobile Phone Companies

The Taliban aren't lacking in targets to blow up, it seems. Today, the Taliban announced that mobile phone companies in Afghanistan must halt cell phone signals between the hours of 5 p.m. and 3 a.m. or their towers and offices would be attacked.
Here was the statement from Zabiullah Mujahid:

"If the companies don't stop their signals from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. in our areas, we will destroy their towers," Mujahid told Kyodo News by phone from an undisclosed location, reading a statement issued by the Taliban's leadership council.

I'm assuming that Mujahid made that phone call to Kyodo News BEFORE 5 p.m.! haha

The reason for the Taliban making this announcement? Well, it seems they are upset that NATO forces are having some very good success in using the cell phone signals to track Taliban operatives and then launch attacks on their hideouts.
Now, if I was the Aghan government, I'd go out this week and erect about 10,000 fake cell phone towers all rigged with booby traps on them. Then let the Taliban spend the next three months attacking fake towers instead of attacking innocent Afghans! But, that's just me.

Here's the full story.

Taliban militants threaten to attack mobile phone firms

KABUL, Feb. 25 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Taliban militants warned Afghan mobile phone operators on Monday that their towers and offices will be blown up if the companies do not halt phone signals for 10 hours at night.
The militants' purported spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said the U.S. and NATO military forces were using mobile signals to track down Taliban fighters and then launch attacks against their hideouts.
"If the companies don't stop their signals from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. in our areas, we will destroy their towers," Mujahid told Kyodo News by phone from an undisclosed location, reading a statement issued by the Taliban's leadership council.
He said the militants have given the companies a three-day deadline to comply with the demand, or else face attacks on their towers, offices and staffs.
There are four mobile phone companies in Afghanistan, providing services to nearly all parts of the poverty-stricken country. They have more than 3 million subscribers.
The companies are the most profitable foreign investment since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.