Children amongst tons of of individuals detained by Taliban for ‘Western’ haircuts

Hundreds of Afghans, together with youngsters, have been detained by the Taliban for sporting Western haircuts, trimming their beards and, violating face-covering guidelines.

According to a brand new United Nations report, not less than 443 arrests have been carried out by the Taliban’s morality police from July to September,

The detentions have been primarily linked to alleged violations of the Taliban’s guidelines surrounding males’s hair and beards and girls’s gown codes.

It was reported that two barbers have been detained for a month in August for allegedly trimming males’s beards and giving their prospects ‘Western’ haircuts.

The UN additionally documented greater than 50 situations of Taliban morality police arresting, detaining or cautioning ladies, together with younger ladies, accused of violating face-covering necessities over the identical interval.