Some notes to finish behind bars. In northern Afghanistan, the Taliban arrested several people this week for singing and playing music instruments, the provincial police said. Thursday night, in the capital of the province of Takhar, “14 individuals […] He took advantage of the darkness of the night to join in a house where they played musical instruments and sung songs, causing a disturbance in public order, “said a police statement.
Investigations against arrested people have been opened, adds the text.
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Since its return to power in 2021, the Taliban government has multiplied the laws to impose its ultra rigoric vision of Islamic law, prohibiting, for example, the transmission of public music, on television, during concerts, at the bottom of restaurants or escaping from drivers.
Taliban authorities have made music schools close and …