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Taliban have imposed a ban on the sale and use of certain children’s toys, including dolls and miniature figurines, in the southern province of Kandahar, local sources and shopkeepers said.
Vendors in the Sadozo Dany area and other parts of Kandahar told Amu TV that Taliban morality enforcers have repeatedly visited their shops to enforce the ban. They say Taliban are preventing the sale of what they describe as “un-Islamic” toys.
“The vice and virtue enforcers have told us these toys are ‘haram’ and we are not allowed to sell them,” one toy shop owner said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal.
The reported ban includes dolls and other children’s play items featuring human or animal representations, which Taliban officials have long criticized as inappropriate under their interpretation of Islamic law.
Shopkeepers say the restrictions are compounding already dire economic conditions in the city. “Business was already slow,” said another vendor. “Now this decision has made it even worse. We are barely surviving.”
Taliban have not commented on the reported ban.
Since returning to power in 2021, Taliban have imposed a growing number of social restrictions across Afghanistan, often through the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. The rules have included dress codes, bans on music, and strict limitations on women’s rights and public life.
Taliban have imposed a ban on the sale and use of certain children’s toys, including dolls and miniature figurines, in the southern province of Kandahar, local sources and shopkeepers said.
Vendors in the Sadozo Dany area and other parts of Kandahar told Amu TV that Taliban morality enforcers have repeatedly visited their shops to enforce the ban. They say Taliban are preventing the sale of what they describe as “un-Islamic” toys.
“The vice and virtue enforcers have told us these toys are ‘haram’ and we are not allowed to sell them,” one toy shop owner said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal.
The reported ban includes dolls and other children’s play items featuring human or animal representations, which Taliban officials have long criticized as inappropriate under their interpretation of Islamic law.
Shopkeepers say the restrictions are compounding already dire economic conditions in the city. “Business was already slow,” said another vendor. “Now this decision has made it even worse. We are barely surviving.”
Taliban have not commented on the reported ban.
Since returning to power in 2021, Taliban have imposed a growing number of social restrictions across Afghanistan, often through the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. The rules have included dress codes, bans on music, and strict limitations on women’s rights and public life.
