Kabul florists heartbroken over Taliban Valentine's Day 禁止（する）
A flower 販売人 準備するs 茎・取り除くs of roses for sale in the Afghan 資本／首都, but 買い手s were 不十分な after the Taliban's morality police 閉めだした the 祝賀 of Valentine's Day
Florists with wilting bouquets of red roses and street vendors clutching unsold balloons were heartbroken in the Afghan 資本／首都 on Tuesday after the Taliban's morality police banned Valentine's Day 祝賀s.
While Valentine's Day has never been 広範囲にわたって celebrated in Afghanistan, some 井戸／弁護士席-off 居住（者）s in cities have developed a tradition of 場内取引員／株価 the lovers' day in 最近の years.
In Kabul's famed Flower Street, shops were 十分な of heart-形態／調整d garlands and red stuffed animals, but hopelessly empty of 顧客s.
In the window of one 出口, a poster 調印するd off by the 省 for the 昇進／宣伝 of Virtue and 予防 of 副／悪徳行為 警告するd shoppers: "避ける celebrating lovers' day!"
The poster said Valentine's Day "is not Islamic and is not part of the Afghan culture but a sloganeering day of the infidels".
"Celebrating the day of lovers is showing sympathy to the Christian ローマ法王," it read.
Officers from the 省 patrolled the area in their white uniforms, 追跡するd by an 武装した 護衛する, an AFP 特派員 報告（する）／憶測d.
A poster on the window of a shop in Kabul 警告するs 居住（者）s to "避ける celebrating lovers' day!"
ひさまづくing in 前線 of his shop, Omar -- who did not 株 his surname -- pruned thorns and withered petals from his 在庫／株 of flowers.
"[The Taliban 当局] published and 分配するd their order to every shop," he told AFP.
"I don't think I could sell these flowers today, people aren't buying," he said.
"You can see we have no 顧客s -- the 状況／情勢 is very bad."
An AFP reporter saw a young couple furtively buy flowers and quickly leave the scene when they saw the morality police patrol.
"The 状況／情勢 has changed -- we can't celebrate it like other years," said browsing shopper Zahrah, married for seven years.
"But we do celebrate it. There are some 制限s and the 状況／情勢 is not good, but we celebrate it at home."
Afghan men are 反映するd on the glass of a gift shop along Flower Street in Kabul
The 副／悪徳行為 省 could not be reached for comment on the exact nature of the 禁止（する）.
The Taliban 当局 have 問題／発行するd さまざまな 制限s on social life in the country since they （機の）カム to 力／強力にする in August 2021.
Music, social マスコミ apps and ビデオ games have all come under scrutiny by the ultra-保守的な 政府.
The 当局 have 特に 割れ目d 負かす／撃墜する on Afghan women, 効果的に squeezing them out of public life.
