{"id":283282,"date":"2025-10-01T15:05:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T14:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/nationwide-internet-blackout-continues-in-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T15:05:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T14:05:20","slug":"nationwide-internet-blackout-continues-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/nationwide-internet-blackout-continues-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationwide internet blackout continues in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/4UBp9ZHht7A\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Nationwide internet blackout continues in Afghanistan\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4UBp9ZHht7A\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan is facing its third day without internet and mobile phone connectivity.<\/p>\n<p>The blackout has disrupted banking, shops and airports.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban says the replacement of old internet cables is behind the nationwide shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Several provinces said this week said the shutdown was because of a decree from the Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, aimed at tackling immorality.<\/p>\n<p>Critics fear the blackout is part of a Taliban strategy to exert more control over the population.<\/p>\n<p>Sky\u2019s Asia correspondent Cordelia Lynch has more from the Afghan capital Kabul.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitness: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/taliban-internet-blackout-has-created-an-extreme-scenario-in-afghanistan-with-far-reaching-consequences-13442021<\/p>\n<p>#taliban #afghanistan #internet #worldnews #technews <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/ <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afghanistan is facing its third day without internet and mobile phone connectivity. The blackout has disrupted banking, shops and airports. The Taliban says the replacement of old internet cables is behind the nationwide shutdown. Several provinces said this week said the shutdown was because of a decree from the Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, aimed at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":283283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[128844,128883,129935],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-283282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news","tag-afghanistan","tag-facing","tag-third"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nationwide internet blackout continues in Afghanistan | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Nationwide internet blackout continues in Afghanistan for free, here on News ISC. 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