Afghanistan Experiences Brief BGP Disruption

Afghanistan’s internet connectivity was briefly disrupted on July 13, 2026, with a primary impact on the network control plane. The event lasted approximately one hour and ten minutes, beginning at 12:40 UTC and ending by 13:50 UTC.

Technical Details

The disruption registered a severity score of 131. The affected bgp.median signal, which measures the visibility of network routing announcements, showed a 4% drop from its peak during the observation window. Other measurement signals, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and traffic volume forecasts, recorded smaller deviations but did not indicate a major outage.

The cause has not been publicly attributed.

Network connectivity was reported restored following the brief event.