So, Pakistan shuts down YouTube because somebody got offended and now the Taliban is telling mobile companies in Afghanistan that they need to turn off their services at night, so that the US forces can't use them to trace them in all their Taliban-y badness.
So, I'm just going to ask this question. Why are you using the phones in the first place if you know you can be tracked? And next, if the towers are shut off, don't you have a problem communicating as well? My guess is they are just miffed that their unlimited plans are capped at 5GB.
