Website of Taliban’s Ministry of Defense Hacked, Again

A hacker group on Tuesday claimed to have hacked into the website of Taliban’s Ministry of Defense for the second time. Sources, who spoke on behalf of the hacker group, told Afghanistan International that they have hacked the website again and destroyed it.

The hacker group, Cyber Army of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, had hacked into the Taliban’s MoD website on July 8. The hackers claim that after the fall of the previous government of Afghanistan, many government websites, including the website of the office of the president, were unavailable. However, some websites of the former government are still accessible and operated by the Taliban.

The hacker group had then warned the Taliban, "Wherever you go, we are in hiding. Whether you are in Quetta or Kabul! Wait for us."

The website and domain had earlier been used by the Ministry of Defense of the Afghan republic government. Over the last 12 years, these websites were considered as the main sources of information of the previous government of Afghanistan and contained a part of the archives of the last 20 years.

The Taliban have not commented on the issue yet.