Taliban require government employees to wear beards: Report

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Employees of the Taliban government must reportedly adhere to new uniform standards, including a ban on shaving their beards.

These restrictions are enforced by patrolling members of Afghanistan’s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, which limited access to Taliban offices for those not properly dressed.

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