US EditionTaliban warn UN employees in Herat to grow beards: Sources
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The Taliban in Afghanistan prohibits UN staff from appearing to work without Bart and thus further complicates the work of the relief organisation.
The Taliban dictate conditions not only to citizens of their country who are forced to obey all sorts of draconian laws, but also to those who are in Afghanistan on duty and work for its benefit. The country is increasingly immersed in obscurantism and the Middle Ages. [see_also ids="626997"] In particular, the Taliban Department of Vice and Virtue (which has very extensive powers to enforce rules, laws and decrees) in Herat, one of Afghanistan'…
The Taliban warned that if men shave or cut their beards, they will be sent to prison.
Taliban banned UN staff in Herat from working without beardIn the city of Herat, the Taliban banned male UN staff from shaving, threatening imprisonment. This is happening in the background increased restrictions on humanitarian missions in Afghanistan, where the number of violations increased by 56%.
This was reported by the independent Afghan television channel Amu, citing sources at the UN. According to the sources, Taliban representatives visited the Islam Kala center in Herat on February 8 and warned men that shaving or trimming beards would threaten imprisonment. As the publication notes, this instruction is an extension of previous bans on beard trimming in government institutions and educational institutions, indicating the Taliban's …
Taliban warn UN employees in Herat to grow beards: Sources
The Taliban’s vice and virtue department in Herat has ordered male United Nations employees to refrain from coming to work without beards, sources within the UN in Herat told Amu. According to the sources, Taliban officials visited the Islam Qala center in Herat on Saturday afternoon (February 8) and warned male employees that shaving or trimming their beards would result in imprisonment. This directive follows previous bans on beard trimming in…
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