https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/s...-b1927458.html
Taliban bans hairdressers from shaving or trimming beards
The
Taliban has banned some hairdressers in
Afghanistan from shaving or trimming beards as the militant group extended its hardline rule based on
Islamic law within a month of seizing control of the country.
A letter signed by Taliban officials asked salons to enforce “puritanical Islamic law” and warned them that violators would be punished, said a local journalist in a tweet.
“In Helmand, a letter signed by the Provincial Director of Preaching and Guidance and Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice — the office to enforce puritanical Islamic law — warning hair salons not to trim or shave beard. Lack of enforcement will mean punishment and shaming,” the tweet read.
The rule has been imposed in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province and certain parts of the capital city
Kabul, according to
BBC News.
Local salons in the south Asian country have also reported an increase in scrutiny from the Taliban. A hairdresser running a prominent salon in Kabul said he received a call from a Taliban official instructing him to “stop following American styles”.