No beard, no fighting for you. That was the stern message delivered by the Taliban’s morality ministry Tuesday after more than 280 members of the Afghanistan security force were dismissed for committing “hairstyle violations” by failing to grow sufficient amounts of facial hair as required under Islamic law.
Police detained a further 13,000 people in the country for “immoral acts” in the past year, Reuters reports.
The Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Propagation of Virtue said in its annual operations update that around half of those detained had been let go after 24 hours with stern warnings to do better in the facial hair department issued to security force personnel let go.
It did not break down the type of the alleged offences or gender of the detainees.
