Taliban issues beard shave ban

Updated September 27 2021 - 5:45am, first published 5:41am
Taliban officials ban clean shaves in latest move towards enforcing sharia law.
Taliban officials ban clean shaves in latest move towards enforcing sharia law.

Taliban local officials have issued a ban on shaving beards in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand, local media have reported.

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