Taliban banned from playing music in cars

Militants of the Taliban terrorist movement, which control the territory of Afghanistan, have banned playing music in cars and driving women without a hijab, informs Kabul News.

“The Ministry of Islamic Orientation (the Ministry of Conscription, Orientation, Good Command and Prohibition of the Bad) confirmed to Kabul News that a written recommendation was given to drivers not to turn on music or put women without hijab into cars,” the channel said on Twitter.

Previously the owner of one of the hotels told RIA Novosti that the Taliban have banned live music at weddings in Afghanistan, and men and women must now celebrate in different halls.

On August 15, the Taliban took the Afghan capital Kabul without a fight. At first, they stated that they did not intend to return the brutal order that they introduced during their first reign in 1996-2001. However, these promises are not being kept.

Shortly after the seizure of power, Taliban officials announced that they would resume the death penalty and the practice of chopping off limbs. The Taliban banned Afghan women from playing sports, going out into the streets unaccompanied by a male relative and without clothing covering their heads, hair or the whole body. Women were also banned from working in the media and some other areas.

The Taliban also announced their intention to ban music. “Music is prohibited in Islam, but we hope we can convince people not to do such things, instead of putting pressure on them,” said Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. In October, media reported that the Taliban in Nangarhar province shot 13 people at a wedding ceremony attended by music. Amrullah Saleh, the former first vice president of Afghanistan, spoke about this, who did not recognize the Taliban.

On pain of death, many musicians, students and teachers of music universities were forced to leave Afghanistan. In October, more than 100 students, alumni and teachers of the Afghan National Institute of Music left Kabul. They managed to obtain asylum in Portugal. Among those who left Afghanistan were the musicians of the Zohra women’s orchestra.

In 1996-2001, the Taliban, during their rule, strictly regulated the life and family life of Afghans. The Taliban demanded that the inhabitants of Afghanistan wear only national clothes (women – black, men – white). All men were ordered to wear beards, and violators of the ban were pursued and beaten.

Militants of the movement have abolished television and banned contemporary music, visual arts, photography and video filming, confiscating and destroying audio and video recorders. The Taliban smashed musical instruments, broke audiotapes, and hung the unwound tapes on street lamps and trees. Many Afghan musicians were forced to bury their instruments and leave the country.