{"id":13685,"date":"2025-10-07T23:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T18:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/?p=13685"},"modified":"2025-10-07T23:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T18:39:07","slug":"taliban-restrict-access-to-several-social-networks-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/taliban-restrict-access-to-several-social-networks-in-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban restrict access to several social networks in the country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13693\" src=\"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sotiall-int.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sotiall-int.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sotiall-int-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sotiall-int-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sotiall-int-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sotiall-int-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Taliban restrict access to several social networks in the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Informed sources say that the Taliban have decided in a meeting at the Ministry of Communications to restrict users&#8217; access to several social networks in Afghanistan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>According to the sources, in the first phase, access to Instagram has been blocked today.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>According to the details provided, Snapchat, TikTok and the game PUBG are also on the list of networks and programs that are set to be included in these restrictions soon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>The sources added that Facebook is also likely to face restrictions in the next stages.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>In addition, local sources from Kunduz province have reported that during today (Tuesday, October 7, 2025), fiber optic services in this province have been disconnected and reconnected several times by Taliban officials.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Sources from Kandahar also say that the Taliban governor&#8217;s aides in Kandahar have ordered internet companies to stop providing commercial internet services in an official meeting.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>According to the source, this information has been passed on by telecommunications companies such as Etisalat, Roshan and Afghan Wireless to their business customers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>These developments come at a time when more than a week has passed since the 48-hour nationwide shutdown of telecommunications and internet services in the country, but the Taliban have not yet explained the reason and official order for it.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban restrict access to several social networks in the country. Informed sources say that the Taliban have decided in a meeting at the Ministry of Communications to restrict users&#8217; access to several social networks in Afghanistan. According to the sources, in the first phase, access to Instagram has been blocked today. 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