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In Afghanistan, The Taliban Wages War On Music


In Afghanistan, The Taliban Wages War On Music
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The Taliban announced in August that it had destroyed over 20,000 musical instruments in Afghanistan in the past year. The extremist group considers instruments un-Islamic and permits only unaccompanied singing. In interviews with RFE/RL, an exiled Afghan musician condemned the move, while the head of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music said, "Music was the first victim of the Taliban's return."

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