Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taliban fighters patrol the streets of Kabul. A strict Islamic morality law introduced by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers six months ...

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban's morality ministry dismissed more than 280 members of the security force for failure to grow a beard and detained more than 13,000 people in Afghanistan for "immoral ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- There is never a good time to ask an Afghan with a straight razor what he thinks of Osama bin Laden, but Nazirullah the barber gives an answer as sharp as the blade he wields.

A strict Islamic morality law introduced by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers six months ago has severely muzzled civil liberties in the country, according to a new UN report released on Thursday. The law ...