Taliban ban barbers in Helmand from shaving and trimming beards

A media report said that the officials from the Ministry of Islamic Orientation, at a meeting with representatives of men`s hairdressing salons in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah, advised against styling hair and shaving beards.

Kabul: The new Taliban regime has banned hairdressers in Afghanistan`s Helmand province from shaving or trimming beards, a media report said. "The Taliban have banned stylish hairstyles and shaving beards in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan," The Frontier Post reported citing a letter from the Taliban.

The Taliban have banned barbers in of the region from shaving and trimming men’s beards because it “violates Islamic law.”

The publication further stated that officials from the Ministry of Islamic Orientation, at a meeting with representatives of men`s hairdressing salons in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah, advised against styling hair and shaving beards.