Last Updated: February 18, 2024, 20:08 IST
Taliban authorities spokespeople didn’t instantly reply to requests for clarification or remark.(Representational Image/AP)
In a letter addressed to civil and army officers, the provincial Department of Interior directed them “to refrain from taking pictures of living things in your formal and informal gatherings, because it causes more harm than good”
Authorities within the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban, ordered its officers on Sunday not to take footage or movies of “living things”.
In a letter addressed to civil and army officers, the provincial Department of Interior directed them “to refrain from taking pictures of living things in your formal and informal gatherings, because it causes more harm than good”.
It mentioned textual content or audio content material on officers’ actions was allowed.
Images of people and animals are typically prevented in Islamic artwork, extending for some Muslims to an aversion to any pictures of residing issues.
A spokesperson for Kandahar’s governor instructed AFP the letter was genuine.
To what extent the order can be utilized and the way it will be enforced had been unclear.
Taliban authorities spokespeople didn’t instantly reply to requests for clarification or remark.
Television and footage of residing issues had been banned below the earlier Taliban rule from 1996 to 2001.
Several media shops have avoided utilizing pictures of individuals and animals because the Taliban returned to energy greater than two years in the past.
However, official central authorities departments regularly distribute and share footage of senior officers assembly international dignitaries.
