Afghanistan News » Herat News Afghanistan » Herat » Culture: The Taliban may not like Peaky Blinders, but its Afghan fans are part of a long history of cultural engagement with the world
The Taliban’s morality police recently summoned four young men in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan for a “rehabilitation programme”. Their offence: “imitating actors” and “promoting foreign ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Culture: Taliban detains 4 Afghan men for wearing Peaky Blinders-style outfits: 'Promoting foreign culture'
A Taliban official said that the four were not formally arrested but were “summoned and advised and released”.
News Afghanistan » Herat » Culture: Who is working to save Afghanistan’s ancient monuments?
From the October 2026 issue of Apollo. At the meeting of two rivers in Afghanistan’s central highlands, a brick tower rises from a narrow strip of ground. The mountains close in around it. There is no ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Culture: Five years under the Taliban: Meduza reports from Afghanistan, where a war on drugs and greater security have come with mass poverty, unemployment, and the loss of women’s rights
In August 2021, after the withdrawal of U.S. troops, the Taliban, an armed religious and political movement, seized power in Afghanistan. Active fighting has since ended, but life has hardly improved ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Culture: Reconstruction Team Helps Restore Afghan Cultural Art Form
In 1997, Taliban leaders drove a 600 year-old Afghan art form to near extinction when they fired 22 of the 30 craftsmen at the Blue Mosque Tile Factory. The eight remaining blue-tile artisans held in ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Culture: Herat exports through Islam Qala port rise by 72pc
Exports from western Herat province through the Islam Qala port increased by 72 per cent in the first six months of the current year compared with the same period last year, reaching $124.29 million, ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Culture: Afghanistan halts broadcasts nationwide
Afghan authorities have suspended the BBC’s FM radio broadcasts across Afghanistan, the British broadcaster said yesterday.
News Afghanistan » Herat » Culture: From Herat To Wakhan: Afghanistan’s Strategic Role In Iran–China Connectivity And Emerging Economic Opportunities – OpEd
Some Iranian and Afghan media outlets have quoted a senior Iranian railway official, Jabbar Ali Zakeri, as stating that Iran is considering a new transit railway route linking Iran to China through ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Culture: Drugs, guns and nice sofas
In Herat, elaborate palaces are being built by businessmen who have made fortunes from post-war opportunities. A mix of foreign influences, the houses have created a new school of design: Narcotecture ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Culture: Afghan official says Durand Line crossings to remain closed until Islamabad accepts demands
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