{"id":147686,"date":"2025-09-19T16:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T16:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/147686\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T16:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T16:19:14","slug":"taliban-internet-ban-spreads-across-afghanistan-provinces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/147686\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban internet ban spreads across Afghanistan provinces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758298754_852_-.jpg\" alt=\"Taliban internet ban spreads across Afghanistan provinces\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> JALALBAD: A Taliban crackdown to &#8220;prevent immorality&#8221; is spreading across Afghanistan, with more provinces losing access to fibre-optic internet after the country&#8217;s leader imposed a complete ban on the technology.It&#8217;s the first time a ban of this kind has been imposed since the Taliban seized power in Aug 2021, and leaves govt offices, the private sector, public institutions, and homes without wi-fi internet. Mobile internet remains functional, however. Officials say alternatives are being found &#8220;for necessities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>MEA Spokesperson Says India Maintains Contact With Afghan Authorities Amid Taliban Rule<\/p>\n<p>Poll<\/p>\n<p>Is the government&#8217;s crackdown on internet access a necessary step?<\/p>\n<p>The northern Balkh province confirmed a wi-fi shutdown Tuesday. On Thursday, officials in the east and north said internet access was cut off in the provinces of Baghlan, Badakhshan, Kunduz, Nangarhar, and Takhar. ap<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JALALBAD: A Taliban crackdown to &#8220;prevent immorality&#8221; is spreading across Afghanistan, with more provinces losing access to fibre-optic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[68008,68006,68009,1638,68007,68005,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-147686","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-afghan-provinces","9":"tag-afghanistan-internet-ban","10":"tag-fibre-optic-internet-ban","11":"tag-internet","12":"tag-taliban-crackdown","13":"tag-taliban-internet-ban","14":"tag-technology","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}