The Taliban have intensified their cultural crackdown in eastern Afghanistan after authorities confirmed the public destruction of dozens of musical instruments in Nangarhar province, reinforcing the group's nationwide ban on music.
Officials from the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice said the instruments were seized and burned in Jalalabad as part of efforts to enforce Islamic law. The incident has drawn renewed criticism from cultural activists and human rights observers who warn that Afghanistan's artistic life is being steadily erased under Taliban rule.
