Trimming one’s beard shorter than fist length or shaving it entirely is considered haram in Afghanistan, where the beard is ...

We first met in the winter of 2017 in a metal Quonset hut in the Afghan desert. The first thing I noticed about Matt was his beard: Like the other special operations forces, Matt and his team ...

the Taliban also recently introduced new regulations for Afghan men that include minimum beard lengths and restrictions on what they can wear. That underscores the fact that the Taliban's policies ...