Taliban govt clearing 'un-Islamic' books from Afghanistan shelves

The efforts are led by a commission established under the Ministry of Information and Culture soon after the Taliban swept to power in 2021 and implemented their strict interpretation of Islamic law, or sharia. In October, the ministry announced the commission had identified 400 books "that conflicted with Islamic and Afghan values, most of which have been collected from the markets". The department in charge of publishing has distributed copies of the Koran and other Islamic texts to replace seized books, the ministry statement said.