Taliban demonstratively burn instruments in Herat
The Taliban's religious police have burned a number of musical instruments near the western Afghan city of Herat, according to the trade magazine The Strad.
Pictures published by the Afghan government showed, according to The Strad burning instruments, including guitars, a harmonium and an amplification system. Aziz al-Rahman al-Muhajir, the head of the Afghan "Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice", explains in Herat that the promotion of music leads to "moral corruption".
Since taking power in August 2021, the Taliban have continuously issued laws and regulations that reflect a radical interpretation of Islam, including a ban on playing music in public. The militant group had already imposed a ban on music during its last reign in the late 1990s.
