The Afghan Taliban's dreaded morality police have arrested four young men for dressing like characters from the British TV series Peaky Blinders.
The men were detained in the western Afghan city of Herat this week.
The Taliban accused them of "promoting alien culture" after photos went viral of them wearing clothing like that worn by the Shelby family in the popular historical crime drama.
Asghar Husaini, Jalil Yaqoobi, Ashore Akbari, and Daud Rasa are members of the self-style Thomas Shelby Group, and are known to locals as the Jabrael Shelbys after the Herat neighborhood where they live.
Over the past month, the men -- all believed to be in their 20s -- were seen on the streets of Herat sporting flat caps, suits, gloves, and long trenchcoats. The attire resembled the period costumery of Peaky Blinders, which depicts the era following World War I.
