ALBAWABA - The authorities in Afghanistan arrested 14 people in northern the country for playing musical instruments and singing, provincial police announced today.
The Taliban government has banned such activities since it returned to power in 2021 following the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, AFP reported.
According to the new government, such performances are against Islamic law, so they steadily imposed laws and regulations to ban music and singing, in addition to other activities.
Since 2021, the authorities in Kabul have been targeting people who play music in public, or organize live performances to play at gatherings, in restaurants, in cars or on the radio and TV.
The police explained in a statement that on Thursday night in northern Takhar province, "fourteen individuals... took advantage of the nighttime to gather in a residential house where they were playing musical instruments and singing songs, which caused disturbance to the public".
