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Afghanistan's Ruling Taliban Ban Leather Jackets

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By Brian Carnell

Monday, March 8, 1999

Is the Taliban going AR? The Taliban, the strict Islamic fundamentalist group currently holding power in war-torn Afghanistan recently announced it was banning the wearing of leather jackets. According to the Associated Press, "Taliban soldiers used knives to slash the leather jackets young men were wearing in Kabul today, saying the jackets were prohibited under Islam, witnesses said." How long before PETA puts up a "Mohammed wore synthetics" billboard?