Taliban-run media in Afghanistan have stopped showing images of people and animals in some Afghan provinces to comply with morality laws, an official confirmed on Monday.
In August, the Ministry of Vice and Virtue published laws regulating aspects of daily life in the country, such as public transportation, shaving, media and celebrations, which reflect the authorities’ interpretation of Islamic law, or sharia.
Article 17 prohibits the publication of images of living beings, raising concerns about its consequences for the media and press freedom in Afghanistan.
Government media in the provinces of Takhar, Maidan Wardak and Kandahar have been instructed not to show images of any creature with a soul, referring to animals and people, said a spokesperson for Vice Minister of Vice and Virtue, Saif ul Islam Khyber.
Khyber told AP the day before that the ministry is responsible for implementing morality laws.
He did not clarify whether the rules affected all media, including foreign ones, or only Afghan channels and websites.
He also did not say how the rules would be applied or if there was a deadline to comply with them.
No other Muslim-majority country imposes similar restrictions, including Iran and Saudi Arabia. During their previous rule in the late 1990s, the Taliban outright banned most television channels, radios and newspapers.
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