He awed us—most of us were on our first deployment to Afghanistan and Matt had served in combat multiple times and had fought ...

He spoke in the spirit of brotherly advice: "Keeping the beard is following the example ... Girls' tears over chaotic Taliban schools U-turn Afghanistan is a conservative country and many women ...

Trimming one’s beard shorter than fist length or shaving it entirely is considered haram in Afghanistan, where the beard is ...

the Taliban also recently introduced new regulations for Afghan men that include minimum beard lengths and restrictions on what they can wear. That underscores the fact that the Taliban's policies ...