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The Taliban has banned shaving beard in Helmand province

The local Taliban administration has banned beard shaving in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. The group has imposed a ban on barbers in this regard. Some barbers in the capital, Kabul, said they had received similar instructions. The news was published by Local media.

A barber in Kabul said, “Taliban fighters are coming and ordering us to stop shaving.” One of them told me they would send a white-clad inspector to catch us. ‘

Another barber said a man with the identity of a Taliban government official told him on the phone that American style was off and it was forbidden to shave or trim anyone’s beard.

The Taliban’s director of information and culture, Hafiz Rashed Helmand, told local daily newspaper Etilaatroz that the decision was made by the Taliban’s religious police during a meeting with barbershop owners in the province.

The Taliban has banned shaving beard in Helmand province
The Taliban banned hairdressers in the Afghan province of Helmand from shaving or trimming their clients’ beards

An official letter issued by Taliban authorities has been circulating on social media, in which Taliban officials in the province warned barbershops of consequences if it is proven that they have shaved someone’s beard.

Quiffs, mohawks, and crew cuts were hairstyles Herat barber Nader Shah was accustomed to styling for image-conscious young men.

The Taliban banned hairdressers in the Afghan province of Helmand from shaving or trimming their clients’ beards

But since the Taliban swept to power last month, Afghans have little cash to spare and fear being punished for sporting short or fashionable cuts.

“Before, people came and asked for different hairstyles, but it’s simply not like that anymore,” Mr Shah said.

After they were ousted, being clean-shaven was often considered a sign of modernity, including in the relatively cosmopolitan western city of Herat.

“Now people come here and they only ask for simple cuts,” Mr Shah said.

“They also don’t shave their beards, so it’s a problem now.”

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