Taliban burn musical instruments – DW – 07/30/2023
Taliban's religious police reportedly burned a number of musical instruments in the western province of Herat, according to a Sunday report by the state-run news agency Bakhtar. Sheikh Aziz al-Rahman al-Muhajir, the provincial head of the Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, said music led to "misguidance of the youth and the destruction of society," according to the report. People could be corrupted, according to the official. The Taliban banned nonreligious music the last time it ruled the country in the 1990s. Pictures […]