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 ...

Barbers in Afghanistan risk detention for trimming men's beards too short, they told AFP, as the Taliban authorities enforce their strict interpretation of Islamic law with increasing zeal.

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 ...