Taliban asks govt employees to grow beards or get sacked from jon in Afghanistan

Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban has instructed all government employees to wear a beard and adhere to a dress code or risk being fired. This is the latest of several new restrictions imposed by the hardline Islamist administration.

Representatives from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice were patrolling the entrances



to government offices yesterday to check that employees were in compliance with the new rules.

Employees are being instructed not to shave their beards and to wear local clothing consisting of a long, loose top and trousers, and a turban. They were also told to ensure they prayed at the correct times.