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Taliban have burned around 600 musical instruments in Parwan and Laghman provinces in the latest enforcement of their sweeping ban on music.
The Taliban directorate vice and virtue in Parwan said it had set fire to about 500 instruments that had been collected over the past year from the provincial capital and surrounding districts.
At the same time, the Taliban directorate in Laghman province in the east said more than 100 instruments had also been burned there.
The Taliban morality enforcers in Parwan said the confiscated items included harmoniums, tablas, tambourines, frame drums, loudspeakers and other audio equipment. He said hundreds of instruments had previously been burned in the province.
Since returning to power in August 2021, the Taliban have prohibited the production and public playing of music, declaring it forbidden under their interpretation of Islamic law.
Over the past four years, Taliban have detained dozens of people on charges related to producing or playing music and have destroyed thousands of instruments.
Taliban have also warned hotel and wedding hall owners across the country not to play music at social gatherings.
