Music goes silent as Afghanistan adjusts to Taliban rule

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Cultural activities are allowed, they say, so long as they do not go against Sharia law and Afghanistan's Islamic culture. afghanistan taliban Islamic

"It's not that the Taliban ordered us to change anything, we have altered the programming for now as we don't want Taliban to force us to close down," said Khalid Sediqqi, a producer at a private radio station in the central city of Ghazni.

During the 20 years of Western-backed government, a lively popular culture grew up in Kabul and other cities with a mashup of body building, energy drinks, extravagant sculpted hairstyles and jangly pop songs. Turkish soap operas, call-in programmes and television talent shows like 'Afghan Star' became major hits.For senior Taliban, many raised in religious madrassas and with the experience of years of fighting and hardship, the change is overdue.

"There is no music in all Jalalalad city, people are scared and afraid because Taliban are beating people," Naseem, a former official in the eastern province of Nangarhar. Since then music programmes and political, cultural and news programming not related to religious issues had dried up.

 

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So the country, after years of development, returns to the sand from whence it came.

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