Meanwhile... In Another Country Run By The Taliban... 10 Years For Dancing

The Taliban forbade the consumption of pork and alcohol, the use of many types of consumer technology such as music with instrumental accompaniments,[340] television,[340] filming,[340] and the Internet, as well as most forms of art such as paintings or photography,[340] participation in sports,[341] including football and chess;[341] Recreational activities such as kite-flying and the keeping of pigeons and other pets were also forbidden, and the birds were killed according to the Taliban's rules.[341] Movie theatres were closed and repurposed as mosques.[341] The celebration of the Western and Iranian New Years was also forbidden.[342] Taking photographs and displaying pictures and portraits were also forbidden, because the Taliban considered them forms of idolatry.[341] This extended even to "blacking out illustrations on packages of baby soap in shops and painting over road-crossing signs for livestock.[89]

Women were banned from working,[343] girls were forbidden to attend schools or universities,[343] were required to observe purdah (physical separation of the sexes) and awrah (concealing the body with clothing), and to be accompanied by male relatives outside their households; those who violated these restrictions were punished.[343] Men were forbidden to shave their beards and they were also required to let them grow and keep them long according to the Taliban's rules, and they were also required to wear turbans outside their households.[344][345] Prayer was made compulsory and those men who did not respect the religious obligation after the azaan were arrested.[344] Gambling was banned,[342] and the Taliban punished thieves by amputating their hands or feet.[341] In 2000, the Taliban's leader Mullah Omar officially banned opium cultivation and drug trafficking in Afghanistan;[346][347][348] the Taliban succeeded in nearly eradicating the majority of the opium production (99%) by 2001.[347][348][349] During the Taliban's governance of Afghanistan, drug users and dealers were both severely persecuted.[346]