Afghan youths use smartphones in Kabul on August 10, 2026. Forced to leave their smartphones off campus, Afghan university students are divided over whether the new anti-tech rule has disrupted their studies or done wonders for their concentration. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP via Getty Images)

An Afghan man uses a smartphone to take pictures of his friend at the Wazir Akbar Khan hilltop in Kabul on August 10, 2026. Forced to leave their smartphones off campus, Afghan university students are divided over whether the new anti-tech rule has disrupted their studies or done wonders for their concentration. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP via Getty Images)

An Afghan man uses smartphones along a roadside in Kabul on August 10, 2026. Forced to leave their smartphones off campus, Afghan university students are divided over whether the new anti-tech rule has disrupted their studies or done wonders for their concentration. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP via Getty Images)

A Taliban security personnel stands guard at an entrance gate of Kandahar University in Kandahar on August 12, 2026. Forced to leave their smartphones off campus, Afghan university students are divided over whether the new anti-tech rule has disrupted their studies or done wonders for their concentration. (Photo by Sanaullah SEIAM / AFP via Getty Images)

Afghan youths use smartphones beneath the Taliban flag at the Wazir Akbar Khan hilltop in Kabul on August 10, 2026. Forced to leave their smartphones off campus, Afghan university students are divided over whether the new anti-tech rule has disrupted their studies or done wonders for their concentration. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP via Getty Images)

An Afghan salesman uses a smartphone as he waits for customers at a store in Kabul on August 10, 2026. Forced to leave their smartphones off campus, Afghan university students are divided over whether the new anti-tech rule has disrupted their studies or done wonders for their concentration. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP via Getty Images)

Afghan salesmen selling smartphones wait for customers at a store in Kabul on August 10, 2026. Forced to leave their smartphones off campus, Afghan university students are divided over whether the new anti-tech rule has disrupted their studies or done wonders for their concentration. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP via Getty Images)

Afghan youths use their smartphones at the Wazir Akbar Khan hilltop in Kabul on August 10, 2026. Forced to leave their smartphones off campus, Afghan university students are divided over whether the new anti-tech rule has disrupted their studies or done wonders for their concentration. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP via Getty Images)