{"id":439,"date":"2025-10-05T19:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T19:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2025\/10\/05\/taliban-bans-firecracker-use-after-9-pm-afghanistan-cultural-restrictions\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T19:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T19:12:10","slug":"taliban-bans-firecracker-use-after-9-pm-afghanistan-cultural-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2025\/10\/05\/taliban-bans-firecracker-use-after-9-pm-afghanistan-cultural-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Bans Firecracker Use After 9 PM Amid Cultural Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban administration has restricted the use of firecrackers during nighttime hours, warning that any use after 9 PM will be prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>Abdul Matin Ghaani, spokesperson for the Taliban Ministry of Interior, stated that in a leadership meeting it was decided that residents may use firecrackers to celebrate their joys only until 8 or 9 PM, and even then, usage should be limited.<\/p>\n<p>Ghaani added that beyond this time, the use of firecrackers will be considered illegal, and the Taliban administration will take legal action against those who violate this regulation.<\/p>\n<p>Firecrackers, commonly used during festivals and special occasions in Afghanistan, are now also covered under the Taliban\u2019s new restrictions on social and cultural activities.<\/p>\n<p>These measures are part of the Taliban administration\u2019s strict policies towards public culture and the expression of joy among residents, an approach that has sparked anger among a large portion of the population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban bans firecracker use after 9 PM, tightening restrictions on cultural celebrations and sparking public anger in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-security-incidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439","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=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}