{"id":170976,"date":"2025-09-30T18:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/170976\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T18:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:33:07","slug":"internet-cut-truly-sad-says-afghan-man-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/170976\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet cut ‘truly sad’, says Afghan man in Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Taliban cutting off Afghanistan’s internet and telecommunications is “truly sad and disappointing” news for Afghans around the world, an Afghan man living in Ireland has said.<\/p>\n

Sayed Farid Sanai, who left the capital Kabul and came to live in Ireland in 2019, described the move as very “dark”.<\/p>\n

“Myself at the moment … I don’t have any connection with my family, friends or colleagues in Afghanistan. It’s a tough situation unfortunately,” he said.<\/p>\n

Mobile phone signal and internet service in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban government, weakened last night until connectivity was less than 1% of normal levels.<\/a><\/p>\n

Since the Taliban resumed control four years ago and imposed a strict version of Islamic law, this is the first time that communications have been effectively shut down.<\/p>\n

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\nThe lack of signal has paralysed many essential services, including online business and banking systems<\/p>\n

For weeks, the Taliban has been severing fibre-optic internet connections as part of an effort to prevent what it called “immorality”.<\/p>\n

The lack of signal has paralysed many essential services, including online business and banking systems.<\/p>\n

It has also sparked worry amongst those who see the coverage as a vital link for Afghans inside and outside the country.<\/p>\n

The UN’s human rights office said the cut has “extremely serious” rights implications.<\/p>\n

Head of Communications with UNICEF Ireland Vivienne Parry told RT\u00c9 News that the organisation’s biggest concern is for women and children in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

“They are incredibly isolated. No longer can they go to universities, go to secondary schools. They are not allowed to work outside the home, so the internet was really a lifeline for them,” Ms Parry said.<\/p>\n

“There’s a real concern that 20 million people are going to be prevented from any access to education or support,” she said.<\/p>\n

“What I think about the most is when we were all in lockdown, we could still access life outside of our homes. We had the internet and I can only imagine what it must be like … particularly for women and girls,” she said.<\/p>\n

Sayed Farid Sanai said he hopes that people can understand the situation by putting themselves in it.<\/p>\n

He called on the international community to advocate for support and assistance for the Afghan people.<\/p>\n

“I believe that the international community will stand with Afghanistan’s people, and they, hopefully, will break their silence,” said Mr Sanai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Taliban cutting off Afghanistan’s internet and telecommunications is “truly sad and disappointing” news for Afghans around the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1638,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-170976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-internet","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170976","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=170976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}