Ban on entertainment and recreational activities During their first rule of Afghanistan which lasted from 1996 to 2001, the Taliban banned many recreational activities and games, such as association football, kite flying, and chess. Mediums of entertainment such as televisions, cinemas, music with instrumental accompaniments, VCRs and satellite dishes were also banned. Also included on the list of banned items were "musical instruments and accessories" and all visual representation of living creatures. However, the daf, a type of frame drum, wasn't banned.
ban on entertainment and recreational activities during their first rule of afghanistan which lasted from 1996 to 2001 the taliban banned many recreational activities and games such as association football kite flying and chess mediums of entertainment such as televisions cinemas music with instrumental accompaniments vcrs and satellite dishes were also banned also included on the list of banned items were "musical instruments and accessories" and all visual representation of living creatures however the daf a type of frame drum wasn't banned