{"id":24834,"date":"2026-10-27T13:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/10\/27\/taliban-bans-firecrackers-weddings-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T13:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:27:16","slug":"taliban-bans-firecrackers-weddings-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/10\/27\/taliban-bans-firecrackers-weddings-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban bans firecrackers at weddings across Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban&#8217;s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice has officially announced that the use of firecrackers will be completely banned at all wedding ceremonies and other celebrations across Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry has asked traders in the firecracker market, including importers, manufacturers and sellers, to refrain from importing, producing and supplying these materials. According to the ministry, the purpose of the ban is to ensure public calm, preserve psychological security and protect citizens&#8217; peace of mind.<\/p>\n<p>Although the ministry has also called on the public to cooperate in observing the ban, it should be noted that this decision comes as the Taliban administration continues to impose severe restrictions on girls&#8217; education, freedom of expression and women&#8217;s employment.<\/p>\n<p>At present, girls&#8217; schools above the sixth grade and universities remain closed to female students, and women face wide-ranging bans and restrictions in various fields, a situation that stands in clear contrast to the Taliban administration&#8217;s claims that it is addressing the legitimate demands of the people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban announces a nationwide ban on firecrackers at weddings and celebrations in Afghanistan, citing public peace and security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-secondary-headline","category-social-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}