Vice and Virtue Ministry

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During the reign of the Taliban in Afghanistan, the Vice and Virtue Ministry set and inforced the moral standards for the society. Utilizing a squad of over 30,000 men, shopkeepers were forced to close during prayer time, video and cassette tapes were banned, television and kite-flying were outlawed, and schools for females were shut down. The squads openly harassed women if their head-to-toe burqa veils revealed skin and men if their beards did not meet the required length.

In 2005, the indie band The Happy Bullets recorded an album and song using the same title, but changed the institution into a British prep school with tongue and cheek references to climbing the social ladder of european high society.