Disks banned in Afghanistan (23.07.2001 - 11:10 Uhr)

From the "Comedy in Kabul" section: Even minimalists who still strictly refuse to give their Atari ST a hard drive are no longer welcome in Afghanistan: Indeed, the list of things banned in Afghanistan has grown a little longer again. After the use of the internet was recently banned, floppy disks have now landed on the index. From now on, chess and card games, lipstick, ties, fashion journals, music cassettes and instruments as well as wigs made of human hair are also considered "un-Islamic". Border guards have been instructed to confiscate such items. No Afghan is allowed to own satellite dishes any more either. At least for TV, no one would have been able to do anything with them, because television had been abolished a long time ago. Afghanistan thus has little chance of attaining a top position in the eternal hit list of nations with the highest fun factor. (tr)

Source: heise news