{"id":9702,"date":"2026-06-29T14:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/?p=9702"},"modified":"2026-07-01T13:17:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:17:45","slug":"taliban-clampdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/2026\/06\/29\/taliban-clampdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Clampdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky-social wp-block-embed-bluesky-social\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mpgk3srwwk2f\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreidxesno4woi3wsyvq6bjsfcjdk77tcie2lhqeswevd3shvvi66rzq\"><p lang=\"en\"><\/p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">Gary R. Bunt (@garyrbunt.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3mpgk3srwwk2f?ref_src=embed\">2026-06-29T12:58:24.858Z<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also see: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/taliban-smashes-smartphones-as-restrictions-deepen-in-afghanistan\/33785685.html\">RFE\/RL, Taliban Smashes Smartphones As Restrictions Deepen In Afghanistan, 21 Jun 2026 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The Taliban has begun restricting the use of smartphones by government employees, although the order appears to be unevenly enforced across the country. In some areas, civilians&#8217; mobile devices have reportedly been targeted as well, sparking concern that the ban may eventually extend nationwide.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Also see: RFE\/RL, Taliban Smashes Smartphones As Restrictions Deepen In Afghanistan, 21 Jun 2026 &#8220;The Taliban has begun restricting the use of smartphones by government employees, although the order appears to be unevenly enforced across the country. In some areas, civilians&#8217; mobile devices have reportedly been targeted as well, sparking concern that the ban may&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[352,168,121,255,167],"tags":[178,341,124,179],"class_list":["post-9702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afghanistan","category-afghanistan-internet","category-gender","category-human-rights","category-taliban","tag-afghanistan","tag-afghanistan-internet","tag-gender","tag-taliban"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9702"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9707,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9702\/revisions\/9707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}