Taliban officials in the Ministry of Persuasion and Punishment of Evil： Musical instruments are burned because concerts lead young people astray.

　　On August 23, 2023, after repeatedly claiming that the concert caused "moral corruption", the Taliban in Afghanistan burned musical instruments in Herat province in the west, and musical instruments worth thousands of dollars were set on fire.

　　According to the photo, the items lit in Herat province include guitars, organs and tambourines, as well as some speakers and speakers. Many of them were seized in the city's wedding venues and gathered together for destruction. And the people who held the wedding ceremony were also punished.

　　Since taking power in Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban regime has implemented many restrictions, including banning music in public places, and some vehicles playing music while driving will be stopped and punished.

　　Ahmad Sarmast, the founder of the Afghan National Conservatory of Music, compared the Taliban's behavior to "cultural extinction and music destruction".

　　According to an official of the Taliban's Ministry of Persuading Good and Punishing Evil, playing concerts "leads young people astray". However, this is not the first time the Taliban have done this, as they did when they came to power in 1991.

　　In the past two years, the Taliban also imposed other severe restrictions based on their conservative interpretation of Islamic law, including prohibiting women from traveling long distances alone and prohibiting girls and women from entering schools, gyms and parks after high school.

　　Amazingly, last month, the Taliban closed all hair salons and beauty salons in the country. I wonder, how do people get their hair cut in Afghanistan? Do you do it yourself at home? But this is the choice of the Afghan people themselves, and we should respect their choice, right?