Barbers in Afghanistan risk detention for trimming men's beards too short, they told AFP, as the Taliban authorities enforce their strict interpretation of Islamic law with increasing zeal.

KABUL (Reuters) -Afghanistan's Taliban formally codified a long set of rules governing morality this week, ranging from requiring women to cover their faces and men to grow beards to banning car ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taliban fighters patrol the streets of Kabul. A strict Islamic morality law introduced by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers six months ...

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban's morality ministry dismissed more than 280 members of the security force for failure to grow a beard and detained more than 13,000 people in Afghanistan for "immoral ...

April 10 (UPI) --The Taliban's morality police -- some 3,300 officers vested by the regime to enforce its so-called "Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice" laws -- routinely detain Afghans for ...

The Taliban morality police in Afghanistan have detained men and their barbers over hairstyles and others for missing prayers at mosques during the holy month of Ramadan, a U.N. report said Thursday, ...

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New Delhi: The Taliban is widening its crackdown on “images of living beings” in Afghan media as part of its “morality law” signed in August 2024. The authorities Wednesday summoned media outlets and ...

The Taliban has announced a wide-ranging law that all but codifies the disappearance of women from public life in Afghanistan. It comes now three years since the group returned to power after U.S. and ...