Why? To take pictures? Were they in airplane mode?
And it's one thing to not expect the Taliban to DF your phones. The Ukrainian military, especially with prior control of the cell infrastructure, is another story.
And it's one thing to not expect the Taliban to DF your phones. The Ukrainian military, especially with prior control of the cell infrastructure, is another story.
Commercial telecommunications are an important part of any military worldwide, when they are available - so you use them until someone actually starts DFing you accurately, and then even after that, it's a risk to be managed and certainly not black & white.