Taliban members belonging to the Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice confiscated flash drives and memory cards from passenger vehicles in Darayim district of Badakhshan province.
In a statement, the Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice announced that the ministry is establishing outposts in Darayim district, and drivers were advised not to listen to music and not to transport women without a male guardian.
The ministry added that "the drivers asked for forgiveness” from the Taliban members and pledged that they will act according to the Taliban’s directives in the future.
The Taliban have recently tightened restrictions on listening to music across Afghanistan.
On Sunday, the Directorate of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Herat province announced that the Taliban agents had confiscated musical instruments from across Afghanistan and set them on fire.
Earlier, the Ministry had set fire the musical instruments confiscated from artists in the capital city, Kabul too.
