Taliban warn Afghans who wore 'un-Islamic' Peaky Blinders outfitsSince the Taliban seized power in 2021, they have imposed a number of restrictions on daily life in accordance with their interpretation of Islamic Sharia law. The friends were told that their clothing was "in conflict with Afghan and Islamic values", a Taliban spokesman told the BBC, adding the values in Peaky Blinders went against Afghan culture. Four Afghan men were ordered to report to the Taliban government's department of vice and virtue for dressing in costumes inspired by the TV series Peaky Blinders. They were not formally arrested, "only summoned and advised and released", Khyber told the BBC's US partner CBS News. "The clothing they wore has no Afghan identity at all and does not match our culture.