Four young men from Jibrail, Herat province, Afghanistan, were summoned by the Taliban's department of vice and virtue for dressing in costumes similar to those in the British TV series Peaky Blinders. The men wore flat caps and three-piece suits like the characters who lived in England after World War One. Taliban spokesman Saiful Islam Khyber told the BBC, "Even jeans would have been acceptable, but the values in the Peaky Blinders series are against Afghan culture." The men were not arrested but were asked to report for questioning and underwent a "rehabilitation programme." Khyber explained, "We have our own religious and cultural values, and especially for clothing we have specific traditional styles. The clothing they wore has no Afghan identity at all and does not match our culture. Secondly, their actions were an imitation of actors from a British movie. Our society is Muslim; if we are to follow or imitate someone, we should follow our righteous religious predecessors in good and lawful matters." Videos show the men thanking officials and saying they were unaware their clothes violated any laws. One said, "I have innocently been sharing content that was against Sharia which had many viewers." Before the summons, the friends told a local YouTube channel that they liked the fashion and had received positive reactions from people in the streets who wanted photos. Since taking power in 2021, the Taliban have enforced strict rules based on their interpretation of Islamic Sharia law, including on clothing and cultural expression.