Barbers in Afghanistan have been jailed for giving customers a haircut styled after Leonardo DiCaprio in the film Titanic. Officers in the Taleban militia have arrested 28 barbers across the city of Kabul. "The only reason is they say the barbers cut the youths' hair in the Titanic style," a barber at a shopping centre in the city said. The BBC's Kate Clark in Kabul said barbers had been sent a letter from the Taleban religious police warning them not to give "Foreign haircuts".

She said: "Specifically outlawed are what are called the English cut and the Beatles cut - a reference to the long hair of the British pop group - and a cut inspired by DiCaprio." A Titanic craze swept Kabul in November last year, with wedding cakes in the shape of the ship becoming extremely popular. The Taleban movement seized control of Kabul in 1996, imposing a strict version of Islamic Sharia law which bans music and television and enforces dress codes for men and women. Titanic has left a lasting impression on film fans in Kabul.